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245 1 0 _aNationalism in the vernacular :
_bstate, tribes, and the politics of peace in northeast India
_cby Roluahpuia.
246 3 0 _aState, tribes, and the politics of peace in northeast India
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c©2023
263 _a2306
300 _axviii, 195 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _t1 Introduction
_t2 The 'tribal question' in India : problem of inclusion
_t3The emergence of Mizo nationalism : the formative phase
_t4The Mizo National Front and the vernacularization of nationalism
_t5 Violence, counter-insurgency, and the transcript of resistance
_t6 Discord, accord, and the politics for peace.
_t7 Conclusion
520 _a"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"--
610 2 0 _aMizo National Front.
650 0 _aLushai (Asian people)
_xPolitics and government.
650 0 _aLushai language
_xPolitical aspects
_zIndia, Northeastern.
650 0 _aNationalism
_zIndia, Northeastern.
650 0 _aOrality
_xPolitical aspects
_zIndia, Northeastern.
650 0 _aRhetoric
_xPolitical aspects
_zIndia, Northeastern.
651 0 _aIndia, Northeastern
_xPolitics and government.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aRoluahpuia.
_tNationalism in the vernacular
_dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
_z9781009346061
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