Forest in the Life of the Khasis

Forest in the Life of the Khasis
Author: Rekha M. Shangpliang
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010
Genre: Community forestry
ISBN: 9788180696671

Study based on the tribal communities of Meghalaya, India.

Placing the Frontier in British North-East India

Placing the Frontier in British North-East India
Author: Reeju Ray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2023-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192887092

The book is a study of the travels of colonial law into the North-East frontier of the British Empire in India. Focusing on the nineteenth century, it examines the relationship of law and space, and indigenous place-making. Inhabitants of the frontier hills examined in this book were not defined as British subjects, yet they were incorporated within the colonial legal framework. The work examines the nature of this legal limbo that produced both the hills and their inhabitants as interruptions but equally as integral to the imperial project. Through a study of place-making by indigenous inhabitants of the frontier, it further demonstrates the heterogeneous narratives of self and belonging found in sites of orality and kinship that shape the hills in the present day.

Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia

Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia
Author: Govind Kelkar
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2003-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780761997832

Extrait de la couverture : "Of the numerous available studies on forest management in Asia, only a few mention the role of women or pay attention to gender relations. Even projects are largely designed in terms of households or communities where men are the decision-makers and the owners or managers of forests. This important volume views gender relations as a crucial factor in the management of land and forests, and maintains that the continuing invisibility of women in these areas only compounds poverty, shortages, and the increased workloads of forest-based women. Based on fieldwork conducted in several forest societies in China, Thailand, India and Malaysia, the contributors explore the changes in gender relations within indigenous communities, from matrilineal and/or gender egalitarian systems to ones where male domination is the norm."

Revisiting Social Theory

Revisiting Social Theory
Author: D.V. Kumar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2024-04-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1040017207

This book revisits social theory with a view to highlighting certain essential features of ‘good’ social theory: its ability to raise certain questions, its explanatory power, its critical and reflexive interrogation of concepts, its search for objectivity, its concern to make sense of empirical data and its aim of projecting some degree of generality and abstraction. With particular attention to issues of nationalism, democracy, civil society, state, feminism, neoliberalism, minority rights, environment and North-East Indian society, it considers whether new and more relevant theoretical questions need to be asked. It will therefore appeal to scholars of social theory and political sociology with interests in new approaches to social theory and the development of local or ‘indigenous’ social thought.

The Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya

The Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya
Author: Queenbala Marak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000071820

The state of Meghalaya, formed on 21 January 1972, is a state of fascinating socio-cultural significance. Its heritage can be traced from the prehistoric times of Stone Age up to the present. Though comprising mainly of the matrilineal Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia tribes – the state also houses many other lesser known communities such as the Hajong,Sakachep, Biate, Koch, Dalu, Margnar and the Nepali. All these communities find voice in this volume. This book looks at the state of Meghalaya exhaustively from the perspective of heritage documentation and maintenance. The 38 chapters written by anthropologists and independent researchers, present the rich traditions found in the region. This volume will be of great help to academicians, researchers, students, and laymen interested in a comprehensive study of the region. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.

Life Style, Indian Tribes

Life Style, Indian Tribes
Author: Shiva Tosh Das
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788121200585

Identity in Northeast Indian Literature

Identity in Northeast Indian Literature
Author: Dustin Lalkulhpuia
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2024-09-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040145183

This book provides an in-depth analysis and critical examination of the representation of ethnic, sexual, cultural, and individual identities in selected literary works by contemporary writers from Northeast India. The book explores the complex dynamics of identity construction, sexuality, marginalisation, ethnicity, and belonging in the context of Meghalaya and Northeast India as a whole. The author analyses poetry and prose by Janice Pariat, Anjum Hasan, Kynpham Singh Nongkynrih, and other Khasi writers. These works candidly portray the turmoil afflicting contemporary Meghalaya – from insurgency and ethnic tensions to ecological threats and loss of roots as well as reconciliation, integration, and mutual understanding. Using postmodern and postcolonial literary strategies, the book depicts fluid, heterogeneous, and multifaceted notions of identity in Northeast India. An exploration of ethnicity, belonging, and unbelonging in the Northeastern context, this book presents marginalised voices and liminal spaces. It will be of interest to academics focusing on Indian English literature, postcolonial literature, and South Asian Studies.