The politics of belonging in India : Becoming adivasi

By:

Rycroft Daniel J

Contributor(s):

Dasgupta Sangeeta

Publication details: London Routledge 2011Description: 238p xviISBN:

9781138667556

Subject(s):

1. Adivasi - Ethinic Identity - India2. Adivasi - Social Conditions 3. Group Identity - Ethnic Relations

DDC classification:

305.56 RYC

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Indigenous Pasts and the Politics of Belonging Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; Part 1: Contesting Categories, Blurring Boundaries Introduction to Part 1 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; 2. The Dangers of Belonging: Tribes, Indigenous Peoples and Homelands in South Asia Willem Van Schendel; 3. Performative Genres as Boundary Markers: Folklore and the Production of Purulia as Border Zone Roma Chatterji; Part 2: Revisiting Resistance Introduction to Part 2 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; 4. Rebellion as Modern Self Fashioning: A Santal Movement in Colonial Bengal Tanika Sarkar 5. Reconstructing an Event: The Great Rebellion of 1857-58 and Singhbhum Indigenes Asoka Kumar Sen; Part 3: Landscape and Adivasi Agency Introduction to Part 3 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; 6. Customary Rights and Resistance in the Forests of Singhbhum Vinita Damodaran; 7. Standpoints and Intersections: Towards an Indigenist Epistemology Darley Jose Kjosavik; Part 4: Politics, Participation and Recognition Introduction to Part 4 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; 8. Sovereignty through Indigenous Governance: Reviving ‘Traditional Political Institutions’ in Northeast India Beppe Karlsson; 9. Aid, Adivasis and aspirations for development in western India David Mosse; 10. Politics, Development and Identity: Jharkhand, 1991-2009 Amit Prakash Part 5: Mainstreams and Margins Introduction to Part 5 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta; 11. Using the Past to Win the Present: Peasant Revolt, Political Parties and the Print Media in Leftist West Bengal Abhijit Guha; 12. Who Cares For a New State? The imaginary institution of Jharkhand Alpa Shah.

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Contents:
Introduction: Indigenous Pasts and the Politics of Belonging Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
Part 1: Contesting Categories, Blurring Boundaries Introduction to Part 1 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
2. The Dangers of Belonging: Tribes, Indigenous Peoples and Homelands in South Asia Willem Van Schendel;
3. Performative Genres as Boundary Markers: Folklore and the Production of Purulia as Border Zone Roma Chatterji;
Part 2: Revisiting Resistance Introduction to Part 2 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
4. Rebellion as Modern Self Fashioning: A Santal Movement in Colonial Bengal Tanika Sarkar
5. Reconstructing an Event: The Great Rebellion of 1857-58 and Singhbhum Indigenes Asoka Kumar Sen;
Part 3: Landscape and Adivasi Agency Introduction to Part 3 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
6. Customary Rights and Resistance in the Forests of Singhbhum Vinita Damodaran;
7. Standpoints and Intersections: Towards an Indigenist Epistemology Darley Jose Kjosavik;
Part 4: Politics, Participation and Recognition Introduction to Part 4 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
8. Sovereignty through Indigenous Governance: Reviving ‘Traditional Political Institutions’ in Northeast India Beppe Karlsson;
9. Aid, Adivasis and aspirations for development in western India David Mosse;
10. Politics, Development and Identity: Jharkhand, 1991-2009 Amit Prakash
Part 5: Mainstreams and Margins Introduction to Part 5 Daniel J. Rycroft and Sangeeta Dasgupta;
11. Using the Past to Win the Present: Peasant Revolt, Political Parties and the Print Media in Leftist West Bengal Abhijit Guha;
12. Who Cares For a New State? The imaginary institution of Jharkhand Alpa Shah.

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