This book provides comprehensive information on enlargement of methodological and empirical choices in a multidisciplinary perspective by breaking down the monopoly of possessing tribal studies in the confinement of conventional disciplinary boundaries. Focusing on anyone of the core themes of history, archaeology or anthropology, the chapters are suggestive of grand theories of tribal interaction over time and space within a frame of composite understanding of human civilization. With distinct cross-disciplinary analytical frames, the chapters maximize reader insights into the emerging trend of perspective shifts in tribal studies, thus mapping multi-dimensional growth of knowledge in the field and providing a road-map of empirical and theoretical understanding of tribal issues in contemporary academics. This book will be useful for researchers and scholars of anthropology, ethnohistory ethnoarchaeology and of allied subjects like sociology, social work, geography who are interested in tribal studies. Finally, the book can also prove useful to policy makers to better understand the historical context of tribal societies for whom new policies are being created and implemented.
Author(s): Maguni Charan Behera; (ed.)
Publisher: Springer Nature
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: xvi, 318
City: Singapore Pte Ltd.
Tags: Ethnology -- India
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Tribal Studies: Emerging Perspectives from History, Archaeology and Ethnography (Maguni Charan Behera)....Pages 1-31
Front Matter ....Pages 33-33
The Bhils in the Historic Setting of Western India (Nandini Sinha Kapur)....Pages 35-50
Exploring Ethnohistory of Arunachal Pradesh (Tana Showren)....Pages 51-66
Historical Reconstruction of the Past of Northeast India: An Assessment of Colonial Writings (Amrendra Kumar Thakur)....Pages 67-79
Schooling ‘Truant’ Tribes: British Colonial Compulsions and Educational Evolution in Chhotanagpur, 1870–1930 (Joseph Bara)....Pages 81-111
Vulnerability of Autochthon Paharias of Santal Parganas: Revealing Continuity of Colonial Legacy (Dinesh Narayan Verma)....Pages 113-125
Bible Translation in Kuki-Chin of Indo-Myanmar and Bangladesh: A Historical Analysis (Doungul Letkhojam Haokip)....Pages 127-146
Front Matter ....Pages 147-147
Archaeology Through Ethnography: An Academic Treatment with the Study of Human Past (Mayanglambam ManiBabu)....Pages 149-170
Ethnography to Archaeology: Tracing the Past of the Tribes of Assam and Adjoining Areas (Bezbaruah Dwipen)....Pages 171-185
On the Discovery of Megalithic Art in Manipur (P. Binodini Devi)....Pages 187-201
Prehistoric Art and Living Traditions: A Study of Selected Rock Art Sites in Odisha (Dibishada B. Garnayak)....Pages 203-216
Ethnography: An Emerging Trend in Rock Art Research (Seema Mamta Minz)....Pages 217-228
Front Matter ....Pages 229-229
Envisaging Tribal Culture and Decoding Anthropological Museums (Nilanjan Khatua)....Pages 231-245
On Worldview and Witchcraft among the Tribes of India (G. Kanato Chophy)....Pages 247-264
Yangpi Morung: An Expression of Ideals and Identity ( Tiasunep, Neingusanuo Solo)....Pages 265-278
Expressing the Unexpressed: The Minicoy Islanders of Lakshadweep (Mohammad Nasir Ahmad)....Pages 279-292
Contact and Conflict: Case of Inhabitants of Andaman Islands (Umesh Kumar)....Pages 293-309
Back Matter ....Pages 311-318
