Recording Adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory
Dasgupta, Sangeeta
Recording Adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022. - xvii, 345p.; hb; 22cm.
includes bibliography and indexes.
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. Dasgupta argues that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ideas of 'tribe' were not abstract imaginaries but structured colonial interventions. These affected the shaping of customary rights; the understanding of the rural world; and the perception of customs and practices. She analyses the ways in which Tana Bhagats questioned hierarchies among the Oraons; opposed landlords, moneylenders, and the colonial state; and engaged with Gandhi and the Congress. Dasgupta delineates how Tanas allude to their diverse experiences and distinctive memories to negotiate with the sarkar even today.
https://india.oup.com/product/reordering-adivasi-worlds-9780190127916?searchbox_input=Dasgupta
9780190127916
Adivasi
Tribes-- India
Ethnic group
Colonial ethnography
Rural world
Races--India
305.800954 / DAS
Recording Adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022. - xvii, 345p.; hb; 22cm.
includes bibliography and indexes.
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. Dasgupta argues that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ideas of 'tribe' were not abstract imaginaries but structured colonial interventions. These affected the shaping of customary rights; the understanding of the rural world; and the perception of customs and practices. She analyses the ways in which Tana Bhagats questioned hierarchies among the Oraons; opposed landlords, moneylenders, and the colonial state; and engaged with Gandhi and the Congress. Dasgupta delineates how Tanas allude to their diverse experiences and distinctive memories to negotiate with the sarkar even today.
https://india.oup.com/product/reordering-adivasi-worlds-9780190127916?searchbox_input=Dasgupta
9780190127916
Adivasi
Tribes-- India
Ethnic group
Colonial ethnography
Rural world
Races--India
305.800954 / DAS
