Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India
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Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India
Oxford University Press, 2014
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of Oxford--Cf. USMARC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The monograph examines issues of ethnicity and identity with specific reference to a particular ethnic group from India's Northeast, namely the Mizos.
In seeking to understand the emergence of Mizo identity, the book makes a general contribution to how identities are formed and constructed. By examining how mainland India views the Northeast, the author engages with notions of how "difference" plays an important role in the creation of identity. Notions of "difference", it is argued, are embedded in the politics of domination and hegemonisation. Another thrust in the book is to look for patterns in social organization that impinge on
identity-making that are not far removed from self-ascribed notions about the "ethnic self". Such self-ascribed notions are seen as instruments of agency that defy the views of the "other", while also organizing the 'ethnic self'. In this, the community's engagements with Christianity, which is "localised",
and its practices surrounding death are seen as prime organisers. "Praxis", especially in the context of Christianity and death, are thus seen not only as chief organisers of Mizo identity, but also as the boundary markers around which notions of belonging and exclusion are invoked.
The monograph historicizes these issues thereby looking at ways in which pre- and post-colonial situations, reflection on these situations, religion and social practice all impinge on and imbricate identity construction for the Mizos.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Introduction: Mapping The Terrain
- 2. Framing The Margins: The Politics Of Representing India's Northeast
- 3. Inscribing The Past In The Present: History In The Making Of A People
- 4. Mizo Kristian Kan Ni: 'We Are Mizo Christians'
- 5. Death And Locality In The Creation Of Mizo Identity
- 6. Conclusion: Reflections On The Theme
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Index
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