indigenous politics, environmentalism, and insurgency in Jharkhand, India /
First Statement of Responsibility
Alpa Shah.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Durham, NC :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Duke University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 273 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The dark side of indigeneity -- Not just ghosts : democracy as sacral polity -- Shadowy practices : development as corruption -- Dangerous silhouettes : elephants, sacrifice, and alcohol -- Night escape : eco-incarceration, purity, and sex -- The terror within : revolution against the state?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"In the Shadow of the State suggests that well-meaning indigenous rights and development claims and interventions may misrepresent and hurt the very people they intend to help. It is a powerful critique based on extensive ethnographic research in Jharkhand, a state in eastern India officially created in 2000. While the realization of an independent Jharkhand was the culmination of years of local, regional, and transnational activism for the rights of the culturally autonomous indigenous people living there, Alpa Shah argues that the activism unintentionally further marginalized the region's poorest people."--Back cover.