Reordering adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory

Dasgupta, Sangeeta

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 ho...

Publisher: Oxford University Press

USD 42.75

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