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Unlike the conventional scholarship on tribal people in India, which remains greatly influenced by a narrow and isolationist conceptualization upheld by the colonial discourse on indigenous populations, the State, Society, and Tribes revisits the concepts of ˜tribe` and ˜tribal society`, situating the existing body of knowledge in the context of state policy and socio-cultural developments witnessed in India after independence. Critiquing the terms of discourse of indigenous people and adivasiconsciousness, it explores and evaluates the question of citizenship rights, moving on to long-standing debates on tribal movements, autonomy issues, protective discrimination, and empowerment. It brings to book the larger questions of the politics of ethnic identity, language, gender and religion. An overarching exposition on contemporary research and nuanced analysis of contestations on a variety of tribal issues, State, Society, and Tribes will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, and political science.
isbn-9788131721223
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Pages : 475
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