A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence
Devy, Ganesh
A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence - Hyderabad Orient Longman 2006 - 199p.
A collection of essays on Adivasis. Tribal groups (adivasis) in India have often been excluded, marginalized and oppressed by `mainstream’ society. In many ways this exclusion, marginalization and oppression is fostered by the way in which `mainstream’ society looks at the adivasis – as exotic, dangerous, or `primitive’ others. Devy’s book looks at the problems of adivasis, the threat to their physical environment, the terror and indignity of the stigma of being considered “criminal” tribes and their induction into the communal violence in Gujarat. But he also discusses the simple sophistication of Adivasi knowledge systems, language and literature, as also initiatives taken along with tribals in the areas of health, microfinance and preservation of cultural forms.
https://www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9788125030218
9788125030218
Adivasis
Social life and customs
Nomadic people
Social conditions
India
307.7720954 / D3N6
A nomad called thief: reflections on Adivasi silence - Hyderabad Orient Longman 2006 - 199p.
A collection of essays on Adivasis. Tribal groups (adivasis) in India have often been excluded, marginalized and oppressed by `mainstream’ society. In many ways this exclusion, marginalization and oppression is fostered by the way in which `mainstream’ society looks at the adivasis – as exotic, dangerous, or `primitive’ others. Devy’s book looks at the problems of adivasis, the threat to their physical environment, the terror and indignity of the stigma of being considered “criminal” tribes and their induction into the communal violence in Gujarat. But he also discusses the simple sophistication of Adivasi knowledge systems, language and literature, as also initiatives taken along with tribals in the areas of health, microfinance and preservation of cultural forms.
https://www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9788125030218
9788125030218
Adivasis
Social life and customs
Nomadic people
Social conditions
India
307.7720954 / D3N6