Focusing on the adivasi people of eastern India, this work explores how well-meaning indigenous rights and development discourses can further marginalize the people they claim to speak for.
Focusing on the adivasi people of eastern India, this work explores how well-meaning indigenous rights and development discourses can further marginalize the people they claim to speak for.
Alpa Shah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue 1 1. The Dark Side of Indigeneity 9 2. Not Just Ghosts: Democracy as Sacral Polity 36 3. Shadowy Practices: Development as Corruption 66 4. Dangerous Silhouettes: Elephants, Sacrifice, and Alcohol 99 5. Night Escape: Eco-incarceration, Purity, and Sex 130 6. The Terror Within: Revolution against the State? 162 Epilogue: Arcadian Spaces beyond the Shadows of the State 184 Glossary of Terms 191 Notes 193 Bibliography 237 Index 265
List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue 1 1. The Dark Side of Indigeneity 9 2. Not Just Ghosts: Democracy as Sacral Polity 36 3. Shadowy Practices: Development as Corruption 66 4. Dangerous Silhouettes: Elephants, Sacrifice, and Alcohol 99 5. Night Escape: Eco-incarceration, Purity, and Sex 130 6. The Terror Within: Revolution against the State? 162 Epilogue: Arcadian Spaces beyond the Shadows of the State 184 Glossary of Terms 191 Notes 193 Bibliography 237 Index 265
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