In the Shadows of the State : Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India /

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Focusing on the adivasi people of eastern India, this work explores how well-meaning indigenous rights and development discourses can further marginalize the people they claim to speak for.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shah, Alpa, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Adivasis > India > Jharkhand > Politics and government.
Adivasis > India > Jharkhand > Economic conditions.
Adivasis > India > Jharkhand > Social conditions.
Politisches System
Demokratisierung
Politische Bewegung
Indigenismus
Autonomy and independence movements.
Indigenous peoples > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples > Economic conditions.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Autochtones > Inde > Jharkhand > Politique et gouvernement.
Indigenous peoples > India > Jharkhand > Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples > India > Jharkhand > Economic conditions.
Indigenous peoples > India > Jharkhand > Social conditions.
Jharkhand (India) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Indien
India > Jharkhand.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The dark side of indigeneity
  • Not just ghosts : democracy as sacral polity
  • Shadowy practices : development as corruption
  • Dangerous silhouettes : elephants, sacrifice, and alcohol
  • Night escape : eco-incarceration, purity, and sex
  • The terror within : revolution against the state?

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