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Indigenist mobilization : confronting electoral communism and precarious livelihoods in post-reform Kerala /

In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of Indigenous identity. Why did a notion of Indigenous belonging come to replace the discourse of class in subaltern struggles' Indigenist Mobilization answers this question th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steur, Luisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Colección:Dislocations ; v. 20.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of Indigenous identity. Why did a notion of Indigenous belonging come to replace the discourse of class in subaltern struggles' Indigenist Mobilization answers this question through a detailed ethnographic study of the dynamics between the Communist party and Indigenist activists, and the subtle ways in which global capitalist restructuring leads to a resonance of Indigenist visions in the changing everyday working lives of subaltern groups in Kerala.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785333835
1785333836