Ethnic Inequality in the Northeastern Indian Borderlands

Social Structures and Symbolic Violence
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-56158-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Ethnic Inequality in the Northeastern Indian Borderlands analyses the relationship between symbolic violence, inequality and ethnicity, and addresses the question of unequal integration of small ethnic groups into state structures by using the Limbus of the Northeastern Indian borderlands as a case study.

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic violence, the author argues that the ethnicization of the Limbus has been associated with the devaluation of their cultural identity, which was itself first constructed and naturalized by the same process of ethnicization. The book is a pioneering work in terms of the application of Bourdieu’s sociology to Northeast India and the theoretical interpretation of ethnic inequality in Northeast India. In addition, the book contributes to the overall understanding of the constant structural identity of symbolic violence and its varying manifestations.

Exploring the symbolic dimensions of power relations within state structures, this book will be of interest to a wide readership from various disciplines including area studies, global studies, comparative studies, borderland studies, inequality studies, sociology, anthropology and political science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lama, Anita

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Theory of symbolic violence 2. Integration of Limbus in precolonial Sikkim 3. Integration of Limbus in colonial Sikkim 4. Integration of Limbus in postcolonial Sikkim 5. Limbu as a scheduled tribe in contemporary Sikkim 6. Configurations of symbolic violence in Sikkim, Darjeeling and Nepal Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Anita Lama received her doctorate in Global and Area Studies from Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include social theory, globalisation and inequality.