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This compendium of 10 papers, presented at a conference, held at the Royal Asiatic Society of London, attempts to explore the ways that Indian adivasi (tribal) people have been understood over the past two centuries. It investigate whether there is anything particularly adivasi about the forms of resistance that have been labeled as adivasi movements.
Moving beyond stereotypes of tribal rebellion, it argues that it is important to explore how and why particular ...
Mutiny at the Margins is an innovative project, in 7 volumes, intended to challenge the conventional understanding of the Uprising of 1857. Looking afresh at the Revolt from off-beat, at once original perspectives, it specifically focuses on the hitherto-neglected, socially marginal groups and geographic areas that have often gone unrepresented in studies of this cataclysmic event in British imperial and Indian historiography.
Carrying 15 essays, written by ...
This volume examines the history, politics and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as in numerous overseas locations (such as Fiji, Africa, the Caribbean and North America) where South Asians migrated during and after the colonial period. It addresses the meanings of ‘community’, and the important and contentious issue of the connections between migration, problems of identity, and ethnic conflict, from a comparative and ...
The transformation of Indian identities during the period of colonial rule has been a contentious subject amongst historians in recent years. Social scientists are increasingly turning to history to understand the origins of contemporary ideas and social groups. Using novel perspectives, beyond Representation explores how colonial rule and constructions of identity affected Indians. The essays explore the impact of colonialism on Indian identity in a manner which ...