Indigeneity, Landscape and History by Asoka Kumar Sen

Indigeneity, Landscape and History by Asoka Kumar Sen

This book engages with notions of self and landscape as manifest in water, forest and land via historical and current perspectives in the context of indigenous communities in India. It also brings processes of identity formation among tribes in Africa and Latin America into relief.

‘The very real contribution of this book is bringing out the current adivasi dilemma between being and becoming, showing how these discursive phenomena are deeply embedded in changing landscapes. . This book will be a lasting resource for anyone interested in how adivasi history as well as identity must be read and understood—picking a discerning route through colonial records, oral histories and contemporary political debates.’

Nandini Sundar, Contributions to Indian Sociology 53, 3 (2019): 447–49

Asoka Kumar Sen taught history at Tata College, Chaibasa, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, and retired as a professor (1965–2002). He is presently an independent researcher of tribal history and editor of the Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies. He was awarded a brief fellowship at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India. He also worked as a researcher for Sussex University, UK, on the British Academy project entitled ‘The East India Company and the Natural World: Environment, Innovation and Ideas at the Core of the British Empire’. His published works include The Educated Middle Class and Indian Nationalism (1988); Bengali Intelligentsia and Popular Uprisings 1855–73 (1992); Wilkinson’s Rules, Context, Content and Ramifications (edited, 1999); Representing Tribe: The Ho of Singhbhum during Colonial Rule (2011); and From Village Elder to British Judge: Custom, Customary Law and Tribal Society (2012).

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ISBN 13	9780367277796
ISBN 10	0367277794
Title	Indigeneity, Landscape and History
Author	Asoka Kumar Sen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2019-03-28
Number of pages	240
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