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Reordering adivasi worlds : representation, resistance, memory /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dasgupta, Sangeeta (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Oraon (Indic people) > India > Jharkhand > History.
Indigenous peoples > India > Jharkhand.
Jharkhand (India) > Scheduled tribes > History.
Orāon (Peuple de l'Inde) > Inde > Jharkhand > Histoire.
Scheduled tribes in India
Oraon (Indic people)
Indigenous peoples
India > Jharkhand
India
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Item Description:"Recounting the story of the Oraons and Tana Bhagats of Chotanagpur in the present-day state of Jharkhand"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages) illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-326) and index.
ISBN:9789391050412
9391050417