ISBN:
082234744X
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0822347652
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9780822347446
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9780822347651
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xiii, 273 p.))
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Strümpell, Christian, 1972 - [Rezension von Alpa Shah: In the shadows of the state - indigenous politics, environmentalism, and insurgency in Jharkhand, India] 2014
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Shah, Alpa, 1976 - In the shadows of the state
DDC:
305.5/6880954127
Keywords:
Adivasis Economic conditions
;
Adivasis Politics and government
;
Adivasis Social conditions
;
Jharkhand (India) History
;
Autonomy and independence movements
;
Adivasis
;
India
;
Jharkhand
;
Social conditions
;
Adivasis
;
India
;
Jharkhand
;
Economic conditions
;
Adivasis
;
India
;
Jharkhand
;
Politics and government
;
Jharkhand (India)
;
History
;
Autonomy and independence movements
;
Electronic books
;
Jharkhand
;
Indigenes Volk
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Unterprivilegierung
;
Feldforschung
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
An argument that well-meaning indigenous rights and development claims and interventions may misrepresent and hurt the very people they seek to help, based on extensive ethnographic research in eastern India
Description / Table of Contents:
The dark side of indigeneityNot just ghosts : democracy as sacral polity -- Shadowy practices : development as corruption -- Dangerous silhouettes : elephants, sacrifice, and alcohol -- Night escape : eco-incarceration, purity, and sex -- The terror within : revolution against the state?.
Note:
Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
