Hybrid Histories
Douban
ISBN: 9780195658187
Autore:
Ajay Skaria
Casa editrice:
Oxford University Press, USA
data di pubblicazione: 2001
Prezzo: USD 21.95
Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western India (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History)
Ajay Skaria
Sinossi
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.