Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh
Mahmudul H. Sumon, "Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh"
English | ISBN: 1032403918 | 2022 | 130 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1032403918 | 2022 | 130 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores the transitions in the adivasi identity as well as in the political representation of adivasi communities in Bangladesh.
It traces the use of categories such as “primitive”, “tribe”, and “adivasi” in post-colonial Bangladesh, both in the political discourse and in everyday life. The volume studies the history of these essentialized categories used for indigenous communities within the hierarchies of power and identity. It also analyses the diverse articulations of indigeneity through ethnographic narratives, exploring the formations of newer traditions and identity. The author highlights the persistence of the terms “simple” and “primitive” in contemporary discourses while also sharing examples of complex mediations and appropriation of these categories by adivasi groups in Bangladesh.
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