Hybrid Histories: Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western IndiaThis book explores a crucial dimension of Indian history: the politics of wildness. It suggests that wildness was affirmed in various ways by early nineteenth century forest communities as a way of challenging upper upper caste values. With colonial rule, wildness was marginalized, leading to a new identity: adivasi. |
Contents
Notes for a Politics of Hope | 1 |
A Counteraesthetics of Modernity | 19 |
Being Dangi Being Wild | 35 |
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Hybrid Histories: Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western India Ajay Skaria No preview available - 2001 |
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adivasi affirmation Ahwa alliances Amala amongst ancestors areas associated Aundya authority Baroda bhauband Bhil chiefs Bhil raj Bombay Boyce British BRO.DDR.DN 1.FN central chhut civilization claim Coll colonial officials cultivation daftar dakans Dangi Dangi chiefs Dangs Daulat Deher Delhi demarcation desh deshmukh Devisinh DFR.DN Dhanbai dhum disputes Diwan dominant early nineteenth century enactment fires forest communities forest polities gadi Gaekwadi Gaekwadi officials Ghadvi Ghadvi chief giras goth Gujarat hyperreal India involved jangli Kadmal kayda Kerulsinh khandad Khandesh khari khavana killed Koknis KPAAR kuver leases lineage liquor mahua mandini Maratha markers of kingship masculinity modernity moglai naik narratives narrators patil Peshwa Pimpri plains political raids raja Rajhans Ramachandra Guha rebellion region saheb sarkar Secy settled agriculture shared Silput raja sipai societies Songadh Sonji sovereignty subaltern subordination Surat teak timber trees turbans Udesinh upper caste vadilcha goth vadils Vansda Vasurna village western India women