Borderland anxieties : shifting understandings of gender, place and identity at the India-Burma border

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    • Wilkinson, Matthew

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Borderland anxieties : shifting understandings of gender, place and identity at the India-Burma border

Matthew Wilkinson

(Asian borderlands, 19)

Amsterdam University Press, [2023]

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Borderland Anxieties explores the complex relationships between liberalization, gender and migration in Nagaland, a state in Northeast India that is emerging from decades of armed conflict. In the wake of Nagaland's conflict, liberalization and an 'opening up' of the state to new connections and flows take place alongside ongoing militarization, nationalist insurgency, and political unrest. Nagaland's complex peace-conflict continuum has encouraged a reordering of possibilities for men and for women in the state, but also, attempts to maintain fundamental social roles that are seen as defining an ethnic group, as foundations of identity, and for many as uncompromisable. In exploring the complex dynamics of peace, conflict, and tension in Nagaland, Borderland Anxieties offers a window to understanding how gender, politics and anxiety intersect in a borderland state experiencing rapid social, political, and economic changes.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Periphery 1. 'The Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd. Welcome You to Nagaland' 2. Becoming a Borderland 3. Legacies of Conflict Part 2: Proximity 4. Nagaland Opening Up 5. 'Spinsters and Divorced Women' 6. New Politics of Gender at the Border Conclusion References Closing

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  • NCID
    BD08532213
  • ISBN
    • 9789463729789
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    159 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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