Peoples of North East India

Peoples of North East India
Author: Sarthak Sengupta
Publisher: Gyan Books
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

A modest effort has been made through the present treatise to give a first hand systematic anthropological informationson these little known people of the region who are living in relative isolation. The canvas of the present compilation on People of Norht East India is indeed multi-discilplinary and trans-sectoral in nature and combines indepth studies and analysis of distinguished and dedicated team of anthropologists of India Eitghteen well researched articles and their thematic analysis cover an astonishing array of subjects and throw light on some of the important facets of anthropology. will be of extremely useful to anthropologists, demograpohers, various social, biological and medical scientists as well as administrators, planners, polciy makers.

The Anthropology of North-East India

The Anthropology of North-East India
Author: Tanka Bahadur Subba
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2003
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788125023357

This book has been written to cater to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Anthropology and Sociology. It takes stock of the work done in the Anthropology of North-East India, and deals in four sections with various aspects of this question. Section I focuses on prehistoric Anthropology, section II looks at the colonial context and its effect on policy and perceptions about the North-East. Section III, on Biological Anthropology and section IV on Social Anthropology.

Northeast India

Northeast India
Author: Yasmin Saikia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108225780

Northeast India: A Place of Relations focuses on encounters and experiences between people and cultures, the human and the non-human world, allowing for building of new relationships of friendship and amity in the region. The twelve essays in this volume explore the possibility of a new search enabling a 'discovery' of the lived and the loved world of Northeast India from within. The volume employs a variety of perspectives and methodological approaches - literary, historical, anthropological, interpretative politics, and an analytical study of contemporary issues, engaging the people, cultures, and histories in the Northeast with a new outlook. In the study, the region emerges as a place of new happenings in which there is the possibility of continuous expansion of the horizon of history and issues of current relevance facilitating new voices and narratives that circulate and create bonding in the borderland of South, East, and Southeast Asia.

Materiality and Visuality in North East India

Materiality and Visuality in North East India
Author: Tiplut Nongbri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-07-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811619700

This edited book set in the context of North East India explores issues concerning symbols, meanings, representations, and social implications of materiality and visuality, as well as the dynamics of power, social reproduction, ideological dominance and knowledge production, from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to answer the question of why some things matter more than others or what happens when certain things are made more visible than others. The book provides valuable insights into the process of identity construction through the use of cultural sources, both material and visual. Following on the debates/discussions on material and visual culture in the 1970s and 1980s, the book argues that instead of viewing objects as mere representation(s), one should see them as active agents in creating perceptions, bodily practices, discourses and perceptions of our social world. Each chapter in the book unravels and engages with these pertinent issues in order to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of the status quo. The book is of interest to scholars of ethnicity, identity construction, politics and state, cultural studies, media studies, visual, social and cultural anthropology and sociology, as well as lay readers who want to learn more about the region.

Cultural Contours of North-East India

Cultural Contours of North-East India
Author: Birendranath Datta
Publisher: OUP India
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780198075578

This book explores aspects of culture and folklore of different states and tribes of north-east India. It examines arts and crafts, regional painting traditions, puppetry, literature, performing arts, cultural relations between different states, and religious cults and movements of the region.

North-East India: The Horizon Of Anthropology

North-East India: The Horizon Of Anthropology
Author: K.C. Mahanta
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2008
Genre: Assam (India)
ISBN: 9788178356563

Articles on the life style, culture and customs of tribals and non-tribals communities of North East India.

Modern Practices in North East India

Modern Practices in North East India
Author: Lipokmar Dzüvichü
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2017-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351271342

This book brings together essays on North East India from across disciplines to explore new understandings of the colonial and contemporary realities of the region. Departing from the usual focus on identity and politics, it offers fresh representations from history, social anthropology, culture, literature, politics, performance and gender. Through the lens of modern practices, the essays in this volume engage with diverse issues, including state-making practices, knowledge production and its politics, history writing, colonialism, role of capital, institutions, changing locations of orality and modernity, production and reception of texts, performances and literatures, social change and memory, violence and gender relations, along with their wider historical, geographical and ideational mappings. In the process, they illustrate how the specificities of the region can become useful sites to interrogate global phenomena and processes — for instance, in what ways ideas and practices of modernity played an important role in framing the region and its people. Further, the volume underlines the complex ways in which the past came to be imagined, produced and contested in the region. With its blend of inter-disciplinary approach, analytical models and perspectives, this book will be useful to scholars, researchers and general readers interested in North East India and those working on history, frontiers and borderlands, gender, cultural studies and literature.

Infrastructure of Injustice

Infrastructure of Injustice
Author: Raile Rocky Ziipao
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000067971

This book examines the dynamics of infrastructure development in Northeast India, especially Manipur, from a socio-anthropological perspective. It looks at the pattern and distribution of infrastructure in the region to analyse the impact of education, roads and health care on the livelihoods, ecosystems, governance and social futures of communities. The volume examines the infrastructure deficit in the conflict-ridden state of Manipur, focusing especially on electricity and roads. The author shows how problems arising from poor infrastructure are further complicated on account of corruption, insurgency, ethnic unrest and the politics of marginalisation. Looking at the discourse around development in the northeast, the volume also highlights the structural inequality in Manipur and other states. It further shows how infrastructure development can become a means for enabling trade, creating markets, diluting boundaries between varied ethnic groups and connecting people. This book will be useful for researchers and scholars of development studies, economics, social anthropology, sociology and public policy – particularly those interested in India’s northeast.

Northeast India

Northeast India
Author: Bhagat Oinam
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429953208

Northeast India is a multifaceted and dynamic region that is constantly in focus because of its fragile political landscape characterized by endemic violence and conflicts. One of the first of its kind, this reader on Northeast India examines myriad aspects of the region – its people and its linguistic and cultural diversity. The chapters here highlight the key issues confronted by the Northeast in recent times: its history, politics, economy, gender equations, migration, ethnicity, literature and traditional performative practices. The book presents interlinkages between a range of socio-cultural issues and armed political violence while covering topics such as federalism, nationality, population, migration and social change. It discusses debates on development with a view to comprehensive policies and state intervention. With its a nuanced and wide-ranging overview, this volume makes new contributions to understanding a region that is critical to the future of South Asian geopolitics. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of contemporary Northeast India as well as history, political science, area studies, international relations, sociology and social anthropology. It will also appeal to those interested in public administration, regional literature, cultural studies, population studies, development studies and economics. Chapter 31 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India
Author: Jelle J. P. Wouters
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2022-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000636992

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains authoritative entries from leading specialists from and on the region and offers clear, concise, and illuminating explanations of key themes and ideas. A hands-on, practical, and comprehensive guide to Northeast India, this companion fills a significant gap in the literature and will be an invaluable teaching, learning, and research resource for scholars and students of Northeast India Studies, South Asian and Southeast Asian societies, culture, politics, humanities, and the social sciences in general.