Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India

ISBN-13: 9781032112855 / Miękka / 2023 / 198 str.

India.) Deo Aditya Pratap (University of Delhi

Opis

Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a unique study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India.

Spis treści

1. The King as “I”  2. The Realm of the State  3. Liminal Crossings  4. The World of the Anga Deo  5. Enchanted  Realms

O autorze

Aditya Pratap Deo teaches History at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, India. He has his early degrees in History from the University of Delhi, and a PhD in History from Emory University, Atlanta, USA. His areas of academic interest and research are Modern South Asian history with special focus on tribal worlds, state formations and Chhattisgarh/Central India and philosophies of/critical theory in history and anthropological history, on all of which themes he has published.