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Indigeneity, marginality and the state in Bangladesh : homeless at home / Nasir Uddin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nasir Uddin (Anthropologist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Khumi (Southeast Asian people)--Social conditions.
- Khumi (Southeast Asian people).
- Indigenous peoples--Bangladesh--Social conditions.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Bangladesh--Ethnic relations.
- Bangladesh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Nasir Uddin is a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chittagong. Uddin carried out research in many universities including Oxford University, SOAS, Johns Hopkins University, LSE, University of Sydney, Ruhr University of Bochum, Heidelberg University, Kyoto University, VU University Amsterdam, University of Hull, University of Delhi and Dhaka University. He is widely known as the theorist of "subhuman life."
- Contents:
- Introduction : a triplicate relation : power, marginality and leadership in Khumi lifet
- Colonial fantasy in postcolonial trajectories : the emergence of Khumi and their indigenous mobility across history
- The local installation of global indigeneity : rights, entitlements and activism in Khumi life
- The dynamics of loosing and recovering 'self' : Khumi identity, indigeneity, and cultural politics in Bangladesh
- A life better than before : Khumi theory of 'development' by reshaping social and material life
- Local dynamics of politics : social relations, power and reciprocity in Khumi-world
- Moving from the margin : the Khumi art of resistance and resilience
- Conclusion : indigeneity, marginality and the state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nasir Uddin Indigeneity, marginality and the state in Bangladesh
- ISBN:
- 9781003317951
- 1003317952
- 9781040093702
- 1040093701
- 9781040093610
- 1040093612
- Publisher Number:
- 90100144378
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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