REVISITING TRIBAL STUDIES: A Glimpse After Hundred Years

Book Details

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Editor: M.C. Behera

• Language: English

• ISBN: 9788131609361

• Pages: 304

• Cover: Hardcover

• Release Date: 01-12-2018

About the Book
Tribal studies have been an essential area of academic research, evolving from colonial requirements to contemporary interests in government organizations, NGOs, and interdisciplinary academic pursuits. The book reflects the multifaceted growth of knowledge in this field, highlighting a wide array of issues related to tribal communities and their integration into nation-building processes. Through a collection of essays by scholars from various disciplines, this volume attempts to capture the expansive development of tribal studies over the last century.

The book offers insights into how tribal societies have been depicted, their inclusion and exclusion from mainstream narratives, and the challenges they face in the contemporary world. It is a significant resource for scholars, students, policymakers, rights activists, and anyone interested in understanding the trajectory of tribal studies in India.

Contents
Part I: Creating National Space

1. Indian Anthropology and the Construction of 'Tribal Ethnicity' Before Independence / Daniel J. Rycroft

Part II: Rights Perspectives
2. Exploring Ideas of Autonomy through Tribal Movements in Eastern India / Virginius Xaxa
3. The Social Life of Categories: Affirmative Action and Trajectories of the Indigenous / Bengt G. Karlsson
4. Tribes, States and Colonialism in Asia: The Evolution of the Concept of Indigenous Peoples and its Application in Asia / Christian Erni
5. Identity Crisis and Ethnic Assertion among the Thengal Kacharis of Assam / Jyoti Prasad Saikia and Anannya Gogoi

Part III: Rights and Realities: Democracy and Gender
6. Traditional Leaders and Democratization in Tribal Societies / M.C. Arunkumar
7. Reframing the Constructions of Gender and Egalitarianism: Adivasis in Transition / Bhanumathi Kalluri
8. Customary Laws, Patriarchy and Gender Relations in Contemporary Sumi Naga Society / Avitoli G. Zhimo

Part IV: Interaction and Subordination: History Repeats
9. Tribal Livelihood: Status and Challenges (With Special Reference to Central India) / S.N. Chaudhary
10. The Cauldron of Development: Dissipating Tribal Territories and Increasing Unrest / R. Siva Prasad
11. Tribes of India: The Victims of Social Abuse / M. Sreenathan

Part V: Exclusion in Inclusion
12. Implementation of Development Schemes and Exclusion: A Study with Reference to Growth of Education in Arunachal Pradesh / M.C. Behera and Jumyir Basar
13. Asur as Homo Sacer: Political Economy of Vulnerability / Vikas Dubey

Part VI: Negotiating Development
14. Anthropological Discourse on Poverty and Vulnerability: A Study with Reference to Sugali Tribe of Andhra Pradesh / Kasi Eswarappa
15. A Study on the Health-Care Practices among the Sherpas: A Hill Tribe of West Bengal / Chumu Sherpa and Pinak Tarafdar

About the Author / Editor
M.C. Behera has been conducting research in Tribal Studies and Rural Economics since the 1980s. He has authored, edited, and co-edited thirty volumes on the socio-economic and cultural life of tribal and rural people, publishing over sixty-five research papers in national and international journals. Behera has presented numerous papers at conferences and is a member of several professional bodies. He served as the Director of the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies and as the Professor of Indigenous Culture Studies and Dean of the School of Cultural Studies at the Central University of Jharkhand.