Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India
Pachuau, Joy L. K.
Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India by Joy L. K. Pachuau - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2014 - xii, 271 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain 2. Framing the Margins: The Politics of Representing India's Northeast 3. Inscribing the Past in the Present: History in the Making of a People 4. Mizo Kristian Kan Ni: We Are Mizo Christians 5. Death and Locality in the Creation of Mizo Identity 6. Conclusion: Reflections on the Theme
This study is an attempt at understanding the complex issues of identity formation in the relatively unexplored region of Northeast India. The work adopts the methodology of historical anthropology to make sense of a particular ethnic group, namely the Mizo, one of the many such groups in the region. While taking into consideration presentist self-perceptions of who the Mizos are, the study engages with their history as well as social practice to show the contours of identity-shaping and identity-making.
9780199451159
Ethnicity -- India, Northeastern
Ethnic relations
Social conditions
305.80 / PAC-B
Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India by Joy L. K. Pachuau - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2014 - xii, 271 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain 2. Framing the Margins: The Politics of Representing India's Northeast 3. Inscribing the Past in the Present: History in the Making of a People 4. Mizo Kristian Kan Ni: We Are Mizo Christians 5. Death and Locality in the Creation of Mizo Identity 6. Conclusion: Reflections on the Theme
This study is an attempt at understanding the complex issues of identity formation in the relatively unexplored region of Northeast India. The work adopts the methodology of historical anthropology to make sense of a particular ethnic group, namely the Mizo, one of the many such groups in the region. While taking into consideration presentist self-perceptions of who the Mizos are, the study engages with their history as well as social practice to show the contours of identity-shaping and identity-making.
9780199451159
Ethnicity -- India, Northeastern
Ethnic relations
Social conditions
305.80 / PAC-B