Savage Attack: Tribal Insurgency in India

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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 forms of resistance are depicted as adivasi issues at particular points of time. Interpretations that have depicted adivasis as a united and highly politicized group of people have romanticised and demonized tribal society and history, thus denying the individuals and communities involving any real agency.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alpa Shah

Alpa Shah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Crispin Bates

Crispin Bates is Senior Lecturer in Modern South Asian History at the School of History and Classics and Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

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Title
Savage Attack: Tribal Insurgency in India
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788187358695
Length
xii+294p., 23cm.
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