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Northeast India : a place of relations / edited by Yasmin Saikia, Amit R. Baishya.

Contributor(s): Saikia, Yasmin [editor.] | Baishya, Amit R [editor.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, 2017Description: vi, 291 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781316641880 (paperback)Uniform titles: Northeast India (Cambridge University Press) Subject(s): BISAC: HISTORY/ Asia / India & South India | India, Northeastern -- Social conditions | India, Northeastern -- Ethnic relations | India, Northeastern -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 306.0954/1

Contents:

1 - Solidarity, Visibility and Vulnerability: ‘Northeast’ as a Racial Category in India pp 27-44 By Duncan McDuie-Ra, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2. 2 - India and its Northeast: Another Big Push without a Take-Off? pp 45-67 By Sanjib Baruah, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 3 - (Un)natural Disasters and the Role of the State in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam pp 68-90 By Mitul Baruah, Ashoka University, New Delhi 4 - Bonnie Guest House: Fieldwork and Friendship across Borders pp 93-110 By Bengt G. Karlsson, Stockholm University 5 - The Muslims of Assam: Present/Absent History pp 111-134 By Yasmin Saikia, Arizona State University, USA 6 - Ichthyonomics, or Fish and Humans in the Time of Floods: Rethinking Speciation in Assam pp 135-158 By Sean M. Dowdy, University of Chicago 7 - Dismembered Lives: Narrating History's Footnotes in Aulingar Jui pp 161-180 By Amit R. Baishya, University of Oklahoma 8 - Freedom and Frustrated Hopes: Assessing the Jadonang Movement, 1917-1932 pp 181-200 By Arkotong Longkumer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 9 - Celebrating a New ‘New Year’ in Tripura: Space, Place and Identity Politics pp 201-222 By R. K. Debbarma, University of Hyderabad 10 - Difficult Loves: Purity and Hardship pp 225-243 By Dolly Kikon, University of Melbourne, Austral 11 - Politics of Difference in the Northeast: A Feminist Reflection pp 244-261 By Papori Bora, Jawaharlal Nehru University 12 - Robes, Rivers and Ruptured Spaces: Hydropower Projects in West Arunachal Pradesh pp 262-276 By Swargajyoti Gohain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.

Summary: "Focuses on a series of encounters and opportunities that allow for interaction between people and cultures in India's northeast"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 - Solidarity, Visibility and Vulnerability: ‘Northeast’ as a Racial Category in India pp 27-44
By Duncan McDuie-Ra, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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2 - India and its Northeast: Another Big Push without a Take-Off? pp 45-67
By Sanjib Baruah, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

3 - (Un)natural Disasters and the Role of the State in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam pp 68-90
By Mitul Baruah, Ashoka University, New Delhi

4 - Bonnie Guest House: Fieldwork and Friendship across Borders pp 93-110
By Bengt G. Karlsson, Stockholm University

5 - The Muslims of Assam: Present/Absent History pp 111-134
By Yasmin Saikia, Arizona State University, USA

6 - Ichthyonomics, or Fish and Humans in the Time of Floods: Rethinking Speciation in Assam pp 135-158
By Sean M. Dowdy, University of Chicago

7 - Dismembered Lives: Narrating History's Footnotes in Aulingar Jui pp 161-180
By Amit R. Baishya, University of Oklahoma

8 - Freedom and Frustrated Hopes: Assessing the Jadonang Movement, 1917-1932 pp 181-200
By Arkotong Longkumer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

9 - Celebrating a New ‘New Year’ in Tripura: Space, Place and Identity Politics pp 201-222
By R. K. Debbarma, University of Hyderabad

10 - Difficult Loves: Purity and Hardship pp 225-243
By Dolly Kikon, University of Melbourne, Austral

11 - Politics of Difference in the Northeast: A Feminist Reflection pp 244-261
By Papori Bora, Jawaharlal Nehru University

12 - Robes, Rivers and Ruptured Spaces: Hydropower Projects in West Arunachal Pradesh pp 262-276
By Swargajyoti Gohain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.

"Focuses on a series of encounters and opportunities that allow for interaction between people and cultures in India's northeast"--Provided by publisher.

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