Becoming something else : society and change in India's North East / edited by N.William Singh, Malsawmdawngliana and Saichampuii Sailo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, N.William, editor.

Malsawmdawngliana, editor.

Sailo, Saichampuii, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Social change--India, Northeastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the trends, perspectives and changes witnessed in the previously undocumented communities of India's northeast, emphasising the continuity and transformations of these societies. Each chapter questions the nature of change, and highlights issues which are not a matter of choice but of conviction of the society. This volume will be informative to students and researchers in area studies programmes, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, law, public administration, and ethnology.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Impact of the Developmental Plan on the Perception of Social and Cultural Change in Mizoram

Shifting Marriage Practices

Institutional Changes in the Toto Community

Zu and the Mizos

Aspects of Social and Cultural Changes

Ideas, Institutions and Social Change in Sikkim

Social Change and Women in Assam

Interrogating Social Change

Migration and Social Change in Sikkim

The Social and Cultural Transformation of the Damai Community

Rituals, Beliefs and the Traditional Occupation of Brewing Liquor in Chakpa Andro

Why English? A Historical Study from the Mizo Perspective

Society and Women

List of Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8633-5

OCLC:

930993503