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The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling: Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition

The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling: Gorkhas and the Struggle for Tribal Recognition

Hardcover

Series: Nepal and Himalayan Studies

AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032403799
ISBN13: 9781032403793
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Feb 24 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the nature of ethnopolitics evolving in the Darjeeling hills, located in the Eastern Himalayas. It highlights how in the wake of regional politics minorities pursue alternative avenues to attain rights and recognition. The book provides an astute analysis of competing claims of culture and identity engendered both by demands for regional autonomy and struggles for scheduled tribe status. It highlights the varied forms of ethnic demands often demonstrated through performative and discursive claims. The volume initiates a timely discussion on the discourse of recognition, politics of difference, and alterity which has wider implications and applications to understand South Asian realities.

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