The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi

Rycroft, Daniel and Dasgupta, Sangeeta (2011) The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series . Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 978-0-415-60082-8

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Abstract

Since the 1990s, the Indigenous movement worldwide has become increasingly relevant to research in India, re-shaping the terms of engagement with Adivasi (Indigenous/tribal) peoples and their pasts. This book responds to the growing need for an inter-disciplinary re-assessment of Tribal studies in postcolonial India and defines a new agenda for Adivasi studies. It considers the existing conceptual and historical parameters of Tribal studies, as a means of addressing new approaches to histories of de-colonization and patterns of identity-formation that have become visible since national independence. Contributors address a number of important concerns, including the meaning of Indigenous studies in the context of globalised academic and political imaginaries, and the possibilities and pitfalls of constructions of indigeneity as both a foundational and a relational concept. A series of short editorial essays provide theoretical clarity to issues of representation, resistance, agency, recognition and marginality. The book is an essential read for students and scholars of Indian Sociology, Anthropology, History, Cultural Studies and Indigenous studies.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies
Related URLs:	https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-o...
Depositing User:	Daniel Rycroft
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2011 08:44
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 08:29
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25996
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