Tribe-British Relations in India: Revisiting Text, Perspective and Approach

ISBN-13: 9789811634239 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 400 str.

Maguni Charan Behera

Spis treści

1. Revisiting Tribe-British Relations: Tribal Worldview and Colonial Ideology 

at Perspective

Maguni Charan Behera   

 

Part I Mindscape  

2. Engaging with Tribes of Eastern Kumaun in Colonial Era

Anil K. Joshi

3. The Journey from Isolation to Interaction during British Raj: Case of Natives in Andaman

Kaustav Das & Koel Mukherjee

4. Indira Goswami’s The Bronz Sword of Thengphakhari Tehsildar: A Critique of the British Colonialism and its Resistance

Binda Sah  & Laxmi Kumary 

5. Institutionalisation of Dobhasi: The British strategy for the Naga tribes in North East India 

Avitoli G. Zhimo

6. Myth and Reality of Colonial Conciliation: British   Officials and Relations with Paharias (1772-1785)

Dinesh Narayan Verma 

7. Revisiting J. P. Mills’ portrayal of Changki Ao Naga

Tiasunep  

8. The Naga Mind: Colonial Encounter and Religion

Tiatemsu Longkumer

Part II Revisiting Tribe-British Relations 

 

9. Revisiting Naga Resistance to British Colonialism: A Study of A Naga Village Remembered and Related Historical Texts

Nigamananda Das 

10. The Raz, the Rajas and the Bhuiyans: Revisiting the Kenonjhar Rebellion of 1867 and its impact on Bonai

Pravat Mallick 

11. A Critique of Colonial Interpretation of the Santal Insurrection of 1855-1856

Dinesh Narayan Verma

12. Participation of Tribes of Nabarangpur District, Odisha in Freedom Movement 

Bijaya Kumar Misra

13. Revisiting Kol Revolt, 1831-32

Seema Mamta Minz & PrernaChoubey

14. Bhils of Southern Rajputana during British Raj

Shilpi Doodwal

15. Against the British: Kandha Leadership in Ghumsar Uprising (1753-1856) 

Shyama Prasad Mishra

16. Colonisation of Manipur: Cause, Process,  Native Resentment and Resistance

Premmi Wahengbam

Part III Recreating Identity 

17. Rulers, Criminals and De-notified Tribe: A Historical Journey of the Meenas 

Madan Meena

18. Colonial Construct of Criminal Tribes - Piramalai Kallar and Narikoravar of Tamil Nadu

Lipika Ravichandran

19. Colonial Administration in Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas of Undivided Assam with Special Reference to Lushai Hills

Jangkhongam Doungel 

20. Colonial Construction of an Imaginary Line: Revisiting the Inner Line Regulation in Mizoram

Ayangbam Shyamkishor

21. The coming of the British and its impact on the local administration in the Khasi Hills 

Dhiraj Kumar Borkotoky

22. ‘Agency’ and Nature of Policy Driven Administration in Tribal Areas of Colonial Andhra

 Vulli Dhanaraju

O autorze

Maguni Charan Behera, M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has been pursuing researches on tribal studies and rural economics from mid-1980s. He has authored/edited/co-edited more than 30 volumes on socio-economic and cultural life of tribal and rural people from theoretical and empirical perspectives. To his credit, he has more than sixty research papers on national and international topics published in various national and international journals. He has presented about sixty-five papers in national and international seminars/conferences in the country and abroad. He is a member of many professional bodies. Dr. Behera was a professor of Indigenous Culture Studies and Dean School of Cultural Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, before he joined as a director of Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Blurb

This book discusses the colonial history of Tribe-British relations in India. It analyses colonial literature, as well as cultural and relational issues of pre-literate communities. It interrogates disciplinary epistemology through multidisciplinary engagement. It presents the temporal and spatial dimensions of tribal studies. The chapters critically examine colonial ideology and administration and civilization of tribes of India. Each paper introduces a unique context of Tribe-British interactions and provides an innovative approach, theoretical foundation, analytical tool and methodological insights in the emerging discipline of tribal studies. The book is of interest to researchers and scholars engaged in topics related to tribes.