Reordering adivasi worlds : representation, resistance, memory / Sangeeta Dasgupta.
Recounting the story of the Oraons and Tana Bhagats of Chhotanagpur in the present-day state of Jharkhand, this book questions postcolonial understandings of the category of 'tribe' and unravels the threads of a hierarchical adivasi world. It unpacks colonial ethnography, missionary narrat...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: | Recounting the story of the Oraons and Tana Bhagats of Chhotanagpur in the present-day state of Jharkhand, this book questions postcolonial understandings of the category of 'tribe' and unravels the threads of a hierarchical adivasi world. It unpacks colonial ethnography, missionary narratives, and anthropological writings; explores issues of adivasi identity and resistance; and demonstrates how contemporary adivasi protest draws upon memories of the past. |
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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789391050412 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780190127916.001.0001 |