Hybrid Histories
Douban
ISBN: 9780195658187
author:
Ajay Skaria
publishing house:
Oxford University Press, USA
publication date: 2001
price: USD 21.95
Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western India (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History)
Ajay Skaria
Overview
This book explores a crucial dimension of Indian history: the politics of wildness. It suggests that wildness was affirmed in various ways by early nineteenth century forest communities as a way of challenging upper upper caste values. With colonial rule, wildness was marginalized, leading to a new identity: adivasi.