Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur

ISBN-13: 9780815393054 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 264 str.

Arambam Noni; Kangujam Sanatomba

Opis

This book provides a new approach to the study of colonialism and politics of resistance in Northeast India, especially in Manipur, critiquing its dominant historiography. Bringing together scholars from across disciplines, the volume deals with a wide range of issues including constructions of the Northeast, process of ethnicisation, resistance, rebellions and social movements, tribes, literature, imperial strategies, Christian missionaries, and geopolitics.

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I: Framework, Administration and Democratisation 1. Cast of Colonialism: Constructing the Peculiar North East India Arambam Noni 2. Colonial Administration, Knowledge and Intervention: Colonial Project of Ethnicisation in Manipur Homen Thangjam 3. Revisiting the Kuki Rebellion and Nupi Lan Lisham Henthoiba 4. Colonialism and Movement of Democracy in Manipur Konthoujam Indrakumar Part II: Literature, Popular Culture and Religion 5. Religious Revivalism and Colonial Rule: Origin of the Sanamahi movement Khuraijam Bijoykumar Singh 6. Politics, Society and Literature in Modern Manipur Arambam Noni 7. Desire, Disgrace and Colonialism: A Reading of Bor Sahib Ongbi Sanatombi Rajkumari Smejita 8. Jesters of Popular Genres as an Agent of Resistance through Reflexivity Ksh. Imokanta Singh Part III: Imperial Strategies and Distinct Political Histories 9. Situating Manipur in the Geopolitics of Imperial Powers Laishram Churchil 10. Consolidation of British ‘Indirect Rule’ in Manipur Naorem Malemsanba Meetei 11. Interrogating into the Political Status of Manipur Kangujam Sanatomba 12. Christian Missionaries and Colonialism in the Hills of Manipur Lianboi Vaiphei Part IV: Post-Empire Manipur, Organisational Politics and Frontier 13. Organisational Politics in 20th Century Manipur: Trajectories and Footprints Arambam Noni 14. Polemics of the Manipur Merger Agreement, 1949 Kangujam Sanatomba 15. Centrality of Body Politics in Thockchand’s Script and Cultural Revivalism in Manipur Naorem Malemsanba Meetei 16. Recasting Space: Politics of Frontier Making Thingnam Sanjeev. Bibliography