Darjeeling (eBook, PDF)

In Search of People's History of the Hills
Redaktion: Ray, Dinesh Chandra; Chowdhury, Srikanta Roy

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Produktbeschreibung

The present volume tries to fill the gap of the missing voices of the people of the Darjeeling hills and their cultures through re-writing inclusive history of society and culture from 'below'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000828788
• Artikelnr.: 66219243

Autorenporträt

Dinesh Chandra Ray, Ph.D., is presently Assistant Professor in History, Southfield College, Darjeeling. As Joint Editor he edited Discourses on Darjeeling Hills (2013). Srikanta Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D., is presently Assistant Professor in History, Southfield College, Darjeeling. He has published From B¿ng¿l¿r Itih¿sa to B¿ng¿l¿r Itih¿sa: History in Making (2007) and edited 1857: Text & Beyond (2013) and Darjeeling Hills University & the Prospects of Higher Education in the Hills (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND CONCERNS 1. Do 'People'
Exist?: The Problems of Writing People's History 2. Darjeeling: In Search
of People's History PART 2: DARJEELING HILLS AND THE COLONIZERS 3. A
Discourse on Control, Discipline and Punishment: Prisons in Colonial
Darjeeling (1835-1947) 4. Transforming Land and Landscape in Colonial
Darjeeling: Readings in History 5. Popularizing Western Sports in
Darjeeling Hills: The Context of Educational Institutions 6. Tourism and
Recreation in Colonial Darjeeling: A Social History of Leisure PART 3:
PEOPLE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IDENTITY 7. Multiple Imaginations:
Exploration of the Different Notions of Homeland Present in the Darjeeling
Hills 8. The Formation of Nepal, Nepali and Gurkha in the Colonial
Discourse 9. Contextualizing Nepali Nationalism in the History of
Darjeeling: Issues and Challenges 10. Geographies of Exclusion, Identity
and Gorkhaland Movement PART 4: PLURALITY AND SYNCRETISM 11. Cultural
Pluralism in Darjeeling and Kalimpong: Reflections from Oral History 12.
Christianity and Indigenization: Sociocultural Impact on the Lepchas of
Darjeeling Hills 13. Politics of Ethnic Solidarity: A Post-colonial
Analysis in Darjeeling Hills and sub-Himalayan Region of North Bengal 14.
Cultural Synthesis of Darjeeling Concerning Leisure during Colonial Rule
PART 5: POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION: LANGUAGE, ARTS AND LITERATURE 15.
Origin and Growth of Nepali Language in India: An Exploratory Survey 16.
The Third Space in the Tea Garden Literature: Revisiting Select Works from
Darjeeling 17. Birth of 'Gorkha Janapustakalaya' in Kurseong: An Outcome of
People's Consciousness during the Colonial Period 18. Ethnic and Cultural
Identity in Music: Study of the Ethnomusic of Some of the Ethnic People of
Darjeeling PART 6: HISTORIES FROM THE PERIPHERY 19. The Unwritten History
of the Balmiki Community in Darjeeling Hills: History from 'Below' 20.
Misery of the Tea Garden Workers: Immediate Effect of the Garden Shutdown