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Adivasis and the State : Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland / Alf Gunvald Nilsen

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.Description: xxii, 307 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781108496537
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89147 NIL
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Contents:
Contents List of figures and tables; Glossary of Hindi terms; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Subalternity: 2. 'So much fear was inside us': everyday tyranny in the Bhil heartland; 3. 'Quiet and obedient cultivators': colonial state space and the origins of everyday tyranny; 4. 'You are now the masters of the country': negotiations and consolidations; Part II. Citizenship: 5. 'The fears have gone away': making oppositional local rationalities; 6. 'We are the ones who make the Sarkar': law, civil society and citizenship in subaltern politics; 7. 'They have weakened us': deciphering the politics of coercion; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Contents
List of figures and tables;
Glossary of Hindi terms;
Preface;
1. Introduction;
Part I. Subalternity:
2. 'So much fear was inside us': everyday tyranny in the Bhil heartland;
3. 'Quiet and obedient cultivators': colonial state space and the origins of everyday tyranny;
4. 'You are now the masters of the country': negotiations and consolidations;
Part II. Citizenship: 5. 'The fears have gone away': making oppositional local rationalities;
6. 'We are the ones who make the Sarkar': law, civil society and citizenship in subaltern politics;
7. 'They have weakened us': deciphering the politics of coercion;
8. Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index.