B. G. Karlsson

Contested Belonging (eBook, ePUB)

An Indigenous People's Struggle for Forest and Identity in Sub-Himalayan Bengal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text deals with the modern predicament of the Rabha of Kocha people - traditional shifting cultivators - their survival in the forest and their quest for identity. It describes their ways of coping with the colonial regime of scientific forestry, the depletion of the forest, and current concerns for wilderness and wildlife restoration and preservation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136827600
• Artikelnr.: 40113609

Autorenporträt

B. G. Karlsson

Inhaltsangabe

one: Opening
one: Introduction
two: Identifying the Rabha
three: Life on the Margin
two: Tiger, Trees and Tribals
four: Coping with Colonial Forestry
five: Dwindling Forests and the Rule of the Tiger-Sahibs
three: Interrogating Identity
six: Becoming Rabha Christians
seven: 'Koch is Rabha: Rabha is Koch'
four: Imaginary Centres Made Real 1
eight: Modernity, Agency and Cultural Identity
nine: Contested Belonging