The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling
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The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling

Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition

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eBook - ePub

The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling

Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition

About this book

This book examines the nature of ethnopolitics evolving in the Darjeeling hills, located in the Eastern Himalayas. It highlights how in the wake of regional politics minorities pursue alternative avenues to attain rights and recognition. The book provides an astute analysis of competing claims of culture and identity engendered both by demands for regional autonomy and struggles for scheduled tribe status. It highlights the varied forms of ethnic demands often demonstrated through performative and discursive claims. The volume initiates a timely discussion on the discourse of recognition, politics of difference, and alterity which has wider implications and applications to understand South Asian realities.

Drawing on rich empirical research, this work will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, anthropology, sociology, tribal studies, ethnography, minority studies, and South Asian studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032723433
eBook ISBN
9781000840360
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Regional Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Figures
  10. Map of the study area
  11. A Note on Transliteration
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. List of Abbreviations
  14. Introduction: Setting the Stage
  15. 1 Discreet Groups and Collective Identity: Consolidation of the Nepali/Gorkha Community
  16. 2 The Formation of Ethnic Associations and Changing Ethnopolitics in Darjeeling
  17. 3 Moving Forward to Become Backward: Claims for Recognition as Scheduled Tribes
  18. 4 Remembering the Past, Restructuring the Future: Demands for Recognition and Politics of Difference
  19. 5 Ritualizing Ethnicity, Ethnicizing Rituals: Engaging the State and Performative Claims
  20. 6 From Construction to Constitution: Negotiating Multiple and Overlapping Identities
  21. Conclusion
  22. Index