TY  - GEN
AU  - Dasgupta, Sangeeta
TI  - Recording Adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory
SN  - 9780190127916
U1  - 305.800954 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Adivasi
KW  - Tribes-- India
KW  - Ethnic group
KW  - Colonial ethnography
KW  - Rural world
KW  - Races--India
N1  - includes bibliography and indexes
N2  - 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.

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ER  -