Geographies of difference : explorations in Northeast Indian studies / edited By Mélanie Vandenhelsken, Meenaxi Barkataki-Ruscheweyh, Bengt G. Karlsson
Contributor(s): Vandenhelsken, Melanie [editor.] | Barkataki-Ruscheweyh, Meenaxi [editor.] | Karlsson, Bengt G [editor.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2018Edition: South Asia Edition.Description: xxvii, 297p.ISBN: 9781138104198.Subject(s): Human geography -- Civilization -- Social conditions -- Government relations -- North America -- IndiaDDC classification: 304.20954 Summary: This book rethinks Northeast India as a lived space, a centre of interconnections and unfolding histories, instead of an isolated periphery. Questioning dominant tropes and assumptions around the Northeast, it examines socio-political and historical processes, border issues, the role of the state, displacement and development, debates over natural resources, violence, notions of body and belonging, movements, tensions and relations and strategies, struggles and narratives that frame discussions on the region.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This book rethinks Northeast India as a lived space, a centre of interconnections and unfolding histories, instead of an isolated periphery. Questioning dominant tropes and assumptions around the Northeast, it examines socio-political and historical processes, border issues, the role of the state, displacement and development, debates over natural resources, violence, notions of body and belonging, movements, tensions and relations and strategies, struggles and narratives that frame discussions on the region.
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