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Nationalism in the vernacular : state, tribes, and the politics of peace in northeast India
- Title
- Nationalism in the vernacular : state, tribes, and the politics of peace in northeast India / Roluahpuia.
- Author
- Roluahpuia
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS432.L8 R65 2023 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 195 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Nationalism in the Vernacular illuminates the relationship between orality and nationalist politics. In doing so, it provides a new angle to the understanding of nationalism by looking at the popular support and participation of ordinary people in the construction of Mizo nationalism-in short, the vernacularization of nationalism. The book examines this process of vernacularization at two levels: first, the process of creating a vernacular language to express nationalist ideas and, second, the irrepressibility of the oral against the Indian state's violent response to the nationalist movement. Drawing from multiple sources, the book-through the rich oral narratives and archival material, including government and media reports-shows how Mizos have remained active agents in asserting and claiming their rights to define ideas of nationalism in their own terms by making them distinctively Mizo"--
- Alternative Title
- State, tribes, and the politics of peace in northeast India
- Subject
- Mizo National Front
- Mizo National Front
- Lushai (Asian people) > Politics and government
- Lushai language > Political aspects > India, Northeastern
- Nationalism > India, Northeastern
- Orality > Political aspects > India, Northeastern
- Rhetoric > Political aspects > India, Northeastern
- Nationalisme > Inde (Nord-Est)
- Oralité (Psychanalyse) > Aspect politique > Inde (Nord-Est)
- Discours politique > Inde (Nord-Est)
- Lushai (Asian people) > Politics and government
- Nationalism
- Politics and government
- Rhetoric > Political aspects
- India, Northeastern > Politics and government
- Northeastern India
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The 'tribal question' in India : problem of inclusion -- The emergence of Mizo nationalism : the formative phase -- The Mizo National Front and the vernacularization of nationalism -- Violence, counter-insurgency, and the transcript of resistance -- Discord, accord, and the politics for peace.
- ISBN
- 9781009346078
- 1009346075
- 9781009346061 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781009346085 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023011763
- OCLC
- on1377723649
- SCSB-14693268
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library