In India as elsewhere, peripheries have frequently been viewed through the eyes of the centre. This book aims at reversing the gaze, presenting the perspectives of low castes, tribes, or other subalterns in a way that amplifies their ability to voice their own concerns.

This volume takes a multidimensional perspective, citing political, economic and cultural factors as expressions of the autonomous assertions of these groups. Questioning the exclusive definitions of the Brahmanical, folk and tribal elements, the articles bring together the empowering possibilities enabled by three recent theoretical developments: of anthropologies questioning the fringes of mainstream society in India; critically engaged histories from below, which problematize subaltern identities; and a conceptual emphasis on everyday ethnography as an arena for negotiations and transactions which contest wider networks of power and hegemony.

This book will be useful to those in sociology, anthropology, politics, history, study of religions, minority studies, cultural studies and those interested in social development, and issues of marginality, tribes and subaltern identity.

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Plates
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Nisad of the Ganga: Playing with Notions of Margin and Centre
2. From History to Heritage: Adivasi Identity and Hul Sengel
3. ‘In the Remote Area’: Recent German Research in Tribal Orissa
4. Texts, Centres and Authorities: The History of the Royal Family of Bonai
5. Village Festival and Kingdom Frame: Centre and Periphery from a Porajâ Village Point of View
6. The Poly-culture of Mahima Dharma: On Babas and Alekh Shamans in an Ascetic Religious Movement
7. Whose Centre? Gonasika — A Tribal Sacred Place and a Hindu Centre of Pilgrimage
8. Two Peripheries: The Billavas of Karnataka and the Santals of Orissa
9. A Comparison of Traditional Centre–Periphery Relations: Saurashtra and South Kanara
10. ‘Brâhmins of the Pariahs’ — Peripheries in Quest of Identity: The Valluvar of Tamil Nadu and the Construction of Dalit Identity in South India
11. Did the Subaltern Speak?
About the Editors
Notes on Contributors
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