Indigeneity in India

ISBN-13: 9780710312105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 264 str.

Bengt Karlsson; Tanka B. Suddha

Opis

This volume interrogates the politics surrounding the category of peoples in India known as adivasis and more recently as "indigenous peoples." It explores how this category is being constituted and labeled, and the rights and present predicament of communities designated as such.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Bengt G. Karlsson, T. B. Subba; Part 1 Concepts; Chapter 2 What Should We Mean By “Indigenous People”?, André Béteille; Chapter 3 The Politics Of Being “Indigenous”, Amita Baviskar; Chapter 4 Anthropology And The “Indigenous Slot”, Bengt G. Karlsson; Chapter 5 Tribe, Caste And The Indigenous Challenge In India, Tiplut Nongbri; Part 2 Cases; Chapter 6 “We Are Van Gujjars”, Pernille Gooch; Chapter 7 “Sons And Daughters Of India”, Martijn Van Beek; Chapter 8 Indigenising The Limbus, T. B. Subba; Chapter 9 The Aboriginal Toda On Indigeneity, Exclusivism And Privileged Access To Land In The Nilgiri Hills, South India, Gunnel Cederlöf, Deborah Sutton; Part 3 Comparisons; Chapter 10 Self-Government, Indigeneity And Cultural Authenticity, Selma K. Sonntag; Chapter 11 Indigenous Peoples In Insular Southeast Asia, Gerard A. Persoon; Chapter 12 Politics Unlimited, Dipesh Chakrabarty;

O autorze

Dr. Bengt G. Karlsson is Director, Nordic Centre in India, Dr. T. B. Subba is Professor of Social Anthropology & Head, Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, India.