India: Rethinking ‘Tribe’ Identities - The Politics Of Recognition Among The Zo In ...

India: Rethinking ‘Tribe’ Identities - The Politics Of Recognition Among The Zo In North-East India H. Kham Khan Suan, 2011   The encounter between the state and disparate tribal groups in India’s north-east or elsewhere not only affirms the state’s monopoly of material and symbolic power but also opens up a complex and shifting discursive space. This article examines how the state’s practice of recognising ‘tribes’ legitimises fixed and legible ‘locational dialectal identities’ among the...

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