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Being Mizo : Identity and Belonging in Northeast India / Joy L.K. Pachuau.

By: Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199451159
  • 019945115X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.800954 PAC 23
LOC classification:
  • DS432.L8 P243 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi Maps xiii 1. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain 1 2. Framing the Margins: Th e Politics of Representing India's Northeast 32 3. Inscribing the Past in the Present: History in the Making of a People 82 4. Mizo Kristian Kan Ni : 'We Are Mizo Christians' 136 5. Death and Locality in the Creation of Mizo Identity 183 6. Conclusion: Refl ections on the Th eme 226 Appendices 235 Glossary Bibliography 247 Index 266 About the Author 274
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Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of Oxford.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.

Table of contents

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Maps xiii
1. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain 1
2. Framing the Margins: Th e Politics of Representing India's Northeast 32
3. Inscribing the Past in the Present: History in the Making of a People 82
4. Mizo Kristian Kan Ni : 'We Are Mizo Christians' 136
5. Death and Locality in the Creation of Mizo Identity 183
6. Conclusion: Refl ections on the Th eme 226
Appendices 235
Glossary
Bibliography 247
Index 266
About the Author 274