Tribal Studies : Emerging Frontiers of Knowledge

Tamo Mibang and M C Behera

ISBN 10: 8183242154 / ISBN 13: 9788183242158

Published by Mittal, New Delhi, 2007

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Contents Preface. Professor Annada Charan Bhagabati a brief profile. Arunachal Institute of tribal studies. 1. Introduction. Culture and identity 2. Cultural pluralism identity and state the Indian experience/Ajit K. Danda. 3. Nationalist discourse and cultural hegemony in the North East Arunachal Pradesh (NEFA) and the Indian mainstream since 1950s/Jadish Lal Dawar. 4. Bezbaroa's folktale collections and nationality discourse in Assam/Kishore Bhattacharjee. Expanding frontiers in Tribal Studies 5. Influence of Islam on some tribal societies in North East India/A.N.M. Irshad Ali. 6. Reassessing researches into history of North East India/Amrendra Kr. Thakur. 7. Border negotiations/N. Nagaraju. Development perspectives 8. Development health and the tribals vis a vis traditional knowledge some ramblings/R.K. Kar. 9. Textile tradition among some tribal communities of Assam an overview/Labanya Mazumdar. 10. Prospects of cultural tourism in Arunachal Pradesh/Amitava Mitra. 11. Arunachal languages with special reference to Tani languages/P.T. Abraham. Social process 12. Tribal society and issues of women's empowerment some observations/Mini Bhattacharyya. 13. Indigenous people of the North East and constitutional provisions/Jeuti Barooah. 14. The Lamgang (Lamkang) social system/R.K. Ranjit Singh. Index. The interest to study the tribes has greatly contributed to the origin and growth of the discipline of Anthropology. However over the years the discipline has got diversified encompassing themes and communities pertaining to both the tribe and non tribe categories. Civilizational studies village studies ecological studies study of urban and industrial societies etc. are a few examples. Nevertheless the significance of the study of tribes has not been reduced with the diversification of the discipline of anthropology. Rather growing inter disciplinary interests in their study have been contributing strengthening and evolving what we see as tribal studies in recent years. Not only academics but NGOs and GOs also do take interest in tribal studies mainly in development perspectives. Conversely concepts and approaches evolved from the study of the tribes are being applied to the understanding of current issues like identity development etc. in multi disciplinary perspectives. The present volume with four thematic divisions namely culture and identity expanding frontiers in tribal studies development perspectives and social process and thirteen papers under these divisions broadly initiates a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of tribal studies. Obviously the strength of the volume emanates from the growing significance and emerging attention to the distinct analytical issues and empirical findings in the realm of tribal studies. No doubt the volume will come handy among the NGO activists planners bureaucrats and social scientists in general and the students of tribal studies in particular not only in understanding the expanding frontiers of knowledge in the realm but also in contextualizing the dynamics of perspectives and methodological issues. 248 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tribal Studies : Emerging Frontiers of Knowledge
• Publisher: Mittal, New Delhi
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8183242154
• ISBN 13: 9788183242158
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: New
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included