Questions of identity in Assam [electronic resource] : location, migration, hybridity / Nandana Dutta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dutta, Nandana, 1960-

Series:

Sage Studies on India's North East

SAGE studies on India's north east

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Political aspects--India--Assam.

Ethnicity.

Group identity--Political aspects--India--Assam.

Group identity.

Ethnic conflict--India--Assam.

Ethnic conflict.

Cultural fusion--India--Assam.

Cultural fusion.

Immigrants--India--Assam.

Immigrants.

Assam (India)--Ethnic relations.

Assam (India).

Assam (India)--Emigration and immigration.

Assam (India)--Politics and government.

Assam (India)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questions of Identity in Assam: Location, Migration, Hybridity addresses the identity problem in Assam, keenly affected as it is, by the realities of migration and hybridity. The book provides an overview of these issues as they are reflected in the region, and covers the period from the conclusion of the Assam Movement till the present. The Assam Movement spawned a culture of violence which led to the emergence of insurgent outfits in the state. This resulted in the naturalization of violence as a part of everyday living. From this vantage point, the book offers a reading of identity as deter

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 - The Conditions of Knowledge; 2 - The Assam Movement; 3 - Memories and Violence; 4 - Identity Questions; 5 - Framing the Question; Conclusion: Shifting the Terrain, Renewing the Narrative; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57545-0

9786613887900

81-321-1073-0

OCLC:

808375344