Routledge Readings on Northeastern India: Colonial Encounters, Customary Practices, Gender, Livelihoods presents some of the finest essays on a region that stretches across the Northeastern Himalaya, eight Indian States and many tribal and non-tribal peoples.
Routledge Readings on Northeastern India: Colonial Encounters, Customary Practices, Gender, Livelihoods presents some of the finest essays on a region that stretches across the Northeastern Himalaya, eight Indian States and many tribal and non-tribal peoples.
Sumi Krishna, an independent scholar and widely-published author on gender, environment, development and livelihoods, is former President of the Indian Association for Women's Studies, and is Series Editor of the Routledge Transition in Northeastern India series.
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Introduction PART I. Colonial Encounters 1. Cast of Colonialism: Constructing the Peculiar: North East India 2. Practices of Sovereignty, Practices of the Market and Early Colonialism 3. What is Axamiya? Understanding an Interethnic Identity 4. War, Nationalisms and Conversions 5. Christian Missionaries and Colonialism in the Hills of Manipur PART II. Customary Law and Gendered Practices 6. The Resilience of Tribal Conflict Resolution Systems in North East India 7. Indigenous Methods of Conflict Resolution in Sikkim: A Case Study on the Dzuma 8. Mizo Customary Laws and the Discourse of Women's Rights 9. Text, Knowledge and Representation: Reading Gender in Sumi Marriage Practices PART III. Livelihoods and Labour 10. Labour and the Labour Market in North-East India: A Historical Exploration 11. Agrarian Relations and Institutional Diversity in Arunachal Pradesh 12. Why do Jhumiyas Jhum? Managing Change in the Uplands of Northeastern India 13. Gender, Food Security and Rice Farming in Tripura 14. Women's Employment in North East India: Trends and Patterns 15. The Moving City
Introduction PART I. Colonial Encounters 1. Cast of Colonialism: Constructing the Peculiar: North East India 2. Practices of Sovereignty, Practices of the Market and Early Colonialism 3. What is Axamiya? Understanding an Interethnic Identity 4. War, Nationalisms and Conversions 5. Christian Missionaries and Colonialism in the Hills of Manipur PART II. Customary Law and Gendered Practices 6. The Resilience of Tribal Conflict Resolution Systems in North East India 7. Indigenous Methods of Conflict Resolution in Sikkim: A Case Study on the Dzuma 8. Mizo Customary Laws and the Discourse of Women's Rights 9. Text, Knowledge and Representation: Reading Gender in Sumi Marriage Practices PART III. Livelihoods and Labour 10. Labour and the Labour Market in North-East India: A Historical Exploration 11. Agrarian Relations and Institutional Diversity in Arunachal Pradesh 12. Why do Jhumiyas Jhum? Managing Change in the Uplands of Northeastern India 13. Gender, Food Security and Rice Farming in Tripura 14. Women's Employment in North East India: Trends and Patterns 15. The Moving City
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