Indigenity and Nation: Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies

G.N.Devy And Geoffrey V.Davis

ISBN 10: 0367749998 / ISBN 13: 9780367749996

Published by Routledge (India)

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indigenity and Nation: Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies
• Publisher: Routledge (India)
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367749998
• ISBN 13: 9780367749996
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous.This book, third in the five-volume series, deals with the two key concepts of indigeneity and nation of the indigenous people from all continents of the world. With contributions from renowned scholars, activists and experts across the globe, it looks at issues and ideas of indigeneity, nationhood, nationality, State, identity, selfhood, constitutionalism, and citizenship in Africa, North America, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Oceania, India, and Southeast Asia from philosophical, cultural, historical and literary points of view.Bringing together academic insights and experiences from the ground, this unique book with its wide coverage will serve as a comprehensive guide for students, teachers and scholars of indigenous studies. It will be essential reading for those in social and cultural anthropology, tribal studies, sociology and social exclusion studies, politics, religion and theology, cultural studies, literary and postcolonial studies, Third World and Global South studies, as well as activists working with indigenous communities.