Contested Belonging: An Indigenous People's Struggle for Forest and Identity in Sub-Himalayan Bengal

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B. G. Karlsson

Contested Belonging

An Indigenous People's Struggle for Forest and Identity in Sub-Himalayan Bengal

B. G. Karlsson

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English

Routledge
15 May 2000

Regional studies; Society & culture: general; Social issues & processes; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Indigenous peoples; Anthropology; Politics & government; Land rights; Regional geography

Deals with the modern predicament of the Rabha (or Kocha) people, one of India;s indigenous peoples, traditionally practising shifting cultivation in the jungle tracts

situated where the Himalayan mountains meet the plains of Bengal. When the area came under British rule and was converted into tea gardens and reserved forests, Rabhas were forced

to become labourers under the forest department. Today, large-scale illegal deforestation and the global interest in wildlife conservation once again jeopardize their survival. Karlsson describes the development of the Rabha people, their ways of coping with the colonial regime of scientific forestry and the depletion of the forest, as well as with present day concerns for wilderness and wildlife restoration and preservation. Central points relate to the construction of identity as a form of subaltern resistance, the Rabha;s ongoing conversion to Christianity and their ethnic mobilisation, and the agency involved in the construction of cultural or ethnic identities.

By: B. G. Karlsson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 770g
ISBN: 9780700711796
ISBN 10: 0700711791
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 15 May 2000
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

one: Opening; one: Introduction; two: Identifying the Rabha; three: Life on the Margin; two: Tiger, Trees and Tribals; four: Coping with Colonial Forestry; five: Dwindling Forests and the Rule of the Tiger-Sahibs; three: Interrogating Identity; six: Becoming Rabha Christians; seven: 'Koch is Rabha: Rabha is Koch'; four: Imaginary Centres Made Real 1; eight: Modernity, Agency and Cultural Identity; nine: Contested Belonging

B. G. Karlsson