Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland

ISBN-13: 9781108496537 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 328 str.

Norway) Alf Gunvald Nilsen (Universitetet i Agder

Opis

This work deciphers how subalternity is both constituted and contested through state-society relations in India's Bhil heartland.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables; Glossary of Hindi terms; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Subalternity: 2. 'So much fear was inside us': everyday tyranny in the Bhil heartland; 3. 'Quiet and obedient cultivators': colonial state space and the origins of everyday tyranny; 4. 'You are now the masters of the country': negotiations and consolidations; Part II. Citizenship: 5. 'The fears have gone away': making oppositional local rationalities; 6. 'We are the ones who make the Sarkar': law, civil society and citizenship in subaltern politics; 7. 'They have weakened us': deciphering the politics of coercion; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.