Borderland anxieties : shifting understandings of gender, place and identity at the India-Burma border / Matthew Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, M. L. N. (Matthew L. N.), author.

Series:

Asian borderlands .

Asian borderlands

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--India--Nāgāland.

Sex role.

Gender identity--India--Nāgāland.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

Summary:

<i>Borderland Anxieties</i> explores the complex relationships between liberalization, gender and migration in Nagaland, a state in Northeast India that is emerging from decades of armed conflict. In the wake of Nagaland's conflict, liberalization and an 'opening up' of the state to new connections and flows take place alongside ongoing militarization, nationalist insurgency, and political unrest. Nagaland's complex peace-conflict continuum has encouraged a reordering of possibilities for men and for women in the state, but also, attempts to maintain fundamental social roles that are seen as defining an ethnic group, as foundations of identity, and for many as uncompromisable. In exploring the complex dynamics of peace, conflict, and tension in Nagaland, <i>Borderland Anxieties</i> offers a window to understanding how gender, politics and anxiety intersect in a borderland state experiencing rapid social, political, and economic changes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Periphery

1. 'The Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd. Welcome You to Nagaland'

2. Becoming a Borderland

3. Legacies of Conflict

Part 2: Proximity

4. Nagaland Opening Up

5. 'Spinsters and Divorced Women'

6. New Politics of Gender at the Border

Closing

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69178-1

1-04-078230-2

90-485-5703-8

9781003691785

OCLC:

1373602349