Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22691-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16/4, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Reihe: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Tribal Cultures in the Eastern Himalayas

Origins and migration are core elements in the histories, identities and stories of Tibeto-Burman-speaking populations in the extended eastern Himalayas, a region stretching from eastern Nepal through Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and the hill tracts surrounding Assam, to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China.
This book is the first to bring together contemporary research on Tibeto-Burman-speaking hill peoples in this region and the only multi-disciplinary study of the closely related topics of origins and migration in this part of Asia, presenting current research by anthropologists, folklorists, linguists and historians. Through a series of case studies on local and regional populations, the contributors explore origins and migration in relation to theoretical and methodological approaches, language, identity and narrative

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Asian Studies, the anthropology, history, folklore and linguistics of Tibeto-Burman-speaking hill peoples of upland South and Southeast Asia, as well as Himalayan Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Huber, Toni

Blackburn, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Introduction - Toni Huber and Stuart Blackburn
Trans-Himalayan Migrations as Processes, Not Events: Towards a Theoretical Framework - Geoff Childs Where the Waters Dry Up – The Place of Origin in Rai Myth and Ritual - Martin Gaenszle
Where did the Question ‘Where did My Tribe Come From?’ Come From?- Robbins Burling
Coevolving with the Landscape? Migration Narratives and the Environmental History of the Nyishi Tribe in Upland Arunachal Pradesh - Alexander Aisher
Micro-Migrations of Hill Peoples in Northern Arunachal Pradesh: Rethinking Methodologies and Claims of Origins in Tibet - Toni Huber
Apatani Ideas and Idioms of Origins - Stuart Blackburn
Migration Narratives, Official Classifications, and Local Identities: The Memba of the Hidden Land of Pachakshiri - Kerstin Grothmann
The Language, Culture, Environment and Origins of Proto-Tani Speakers: What is Knowable, and What is Not (Yet) - Mark W. Post
Glimpses of the Ethnolinguistic Prehistory of Northeastern India - George van Driem
Origin and Migration Myths in the Rhetoric of Naga Independence and Collective Identity - Marion Wettstein Oral Histories and the ‘Origins’ of Current Peoples: Dynamic Ethnogenesis, with Remarks upon the Limitations of Language-Family Subgrouping - F. K. L. Chit Hlaing
Cords and Connections: Ritual and Spatial Integration in the Jinghpaw Cultural Zone -Mandy Sadan
Origin and Return: Genesis and the Souls of the Dead in Naxi Myth and Ritual - Charles F. McKhann
Migrating Brothers and Party-State Discourses on Ethnic - Origin in Southwest China - Koen Wellens

Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Huber, Toni
Toni Huber Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. His extensive publications on the anthropology and cultural history of Tibetan societies include The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain (Oxford, 1999) and The Holy Land Reborn (Chicago, 2007).

Blackburn, Stuart
Stuart Blackburn is Senior Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His most recent publications include Himalayan Tribal Tales: Oral Tradition and Culture in the Apatani Valley (Brill, 2008) and The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley (Brill, 2010).