The Demands of Recognition: State Anthropology and Ethnopolitics in Darjeeling
Middleton, Townsend
The Demands of Recognition: State Anthropology and Ethnopolitics in Darjeeling - California: Stanford University Press, 2016. - xix, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. - South Asia in motion . - South Asia in motion. .
Introduction : becoming tribal in Darjeeling : an introduction to the ethno-contemporary -- A searching politics : anxiety, belonging, recognition -- Durga and the rock : a colonial category and its discontents -- Tribal recognition : a postcolonial problem -- Interface : encounters of the multicultural state -- Soft science in hard places : government anthropologists and their knowledge -- Reforming the subject : the effects and affects of recognition -- Perpetuated paradigms : at the limits of ethno-intelligibility -- Epilogue : negotiating the ethno-contemporary.
9780804796262
2015007352
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Government relations.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Ethnic identity.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Ethnology--Political aspects--India--Darjeeling (District)
Ethnicity--Political aspects--India--Darjeeling (District)
Identity politics--India--Darjeeling (District)
Darjeeling (India : District)--Scheduled tribes--Government policy.
301.095414 / MID/D
The Demands of Recognition: State Anthropology and Ethnopolitics in Darjeeling - California: Stanford University Press, 2016. - xix, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. - South Asia in motion . - South Asia in motion. .
Introduction : becoming tribal in Darjeeling : an introduction to the ethno-contemporary -- A searching politics : anxiety, belonging, recognition -- Durga and the rock : a colonial category and its discontents -- Tribal recognition : a postcolonial problem -- Interface : encounters of the multicultural state -- Soft science in hard places : government anthropologists and their knowledge -- Reforming the subject : the effects and affects of recognition -- Perpetuated paradigms : at the limits of ethno-intelligibility -- Epilogue : negotiating the ethno-contemporary.
9780804796262
2015007352
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Government relations.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Gorkha (South Asian people)--Ethnic identity.--India--Darjeeling (District)
Ethnology--Political aspects--India--Darjeeling (District)
Ethnicity--Political aspects--India--Darjeeling (District)
Identity politics--India--Darjeeling (District)
Darjeeling (India : District)--Scheduled tribes--Government policy.
301.095414 / MID/D