Hybrid Histories Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western India |
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| Author:
| Skaria, Ajay |
| Series title: | Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-565818-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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The book explores a crucial dimension of Indian History: the politics of wildness. It suggests that wildness was affirmed in various ways by early nineteenth-century forest communities as a way of challenging upper caste vaues. With colonial rule, wildness was marginalized leading to a new identity, adivasi.
The book explores a crucial dimension of Indian History: the politics of wildness. It suggests that wildness was affirmed in various ways by early nineteenth-century forest communities as a way of challenging upper caste vaues. With colonial rule, wildness was marginalized leading to a new identity, adivasi.