Nasir Uddin

Indigeneity, Marginality and the State in Bangladesh (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the critical linkages between indigeneity, marginality, and the state in Bangladesh. Indigeneity is progressively gaining currency in politics and thereby becoming an active force in the larger context of national activism with transnational patronage and international support.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040093610
• Artikelnr.: 72284343

Autorenporträt

Nasir Uddin is a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chittagong. Uddin carried out research in many universities including Oxford University, SOAS, Johns Hopkins University, LSE, University of Sydney, Ruhr University of Bochum, Heidelberg University, Kyoto University, VU University Amsterdam, University of Hull, University of Delhi and Dhaka University. He is widely known as the theorist of "subhuman life."

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures vii Preface viii Acknowledgements xi Notes on Orthography
xiii List of Glossary and Acronyms xiv List of Abbreviations xvi 1
Introduction: A Triplicate Relation: Power, Marginality, and Leadership in
Khumi Life 1 2 Colonial Fantasy in Postcolonial Trajectories: Emergence of
Khumi and Their Indigenous Mobility Across History 32 3 The Local
Installation of Global Indigeneity: Rights, Entitlements, and Activism in
Khumi Life 56 4 In Search of Self: Khumi Identity, Indigeneity, and
Cultural Politics in Bangladesh 77 5 A Life Better Than Before: Khumi
Theory of "Development" by Reshaping Social and Material Life 92 6 Local
Dynamics of Politics: Social Relations, Power, and Reciprocity in the Khumi
World 119 7 Moving From the Margin: The Khumi Art of Resistance and
Resilience 149 8 Conclusion: Indigeneity, Marginality, and the State 176
Appendices 185 Bibliography 200 Index 209