Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands

ISBN-13: 9788791563041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 264 str.

Sita Venkateswar

Opis

This volume is a comparative analysis of three indigenous groups of Andaman Islanders with diverse historical experiences of colonialism and "development." It examines the links between colonialism and development under British and Indian administrations, and analyzes how the various indigenous groups have responded in different ways to colonization. emphasizing particularly the dynamics of power and gender. In conclusion, the situation of the Jarawa (known as a people avoiding contact) is reviewed. The volume describes how civil society organizations and scholars advocate for the Jarawas' right to territory and to choose which future they want for themselves.