Book
Subalterns and sovereigns: an anthropological history of Bastar, 1854-2006
Oxford Univ. Press • New Delhi • Published In 2007 • Pages:
By: Sundar, Nandini.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book traces the genealogy of the state in Bastar, central India, over a period of approximately a century and a half (1854-1996). In particular, it looks at the manner in which the state was constituted through the dialectic of administrative intervention and popular resistance. The focus is on certain critical moments when the structures set into place by the colonial state were contested. While these challenges inevitably resulted in some immediate reform, they simultaneously helped to further entrench the institutions and ideologies of the state. Yet, each act of protest remained an ember that sparked future resistance, with changing popular notions of kingship and polity acting as the matrix through which this resistance defined itself (p. xiii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Revolution
- Political movements
- Traditional history
- History
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gond
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1927-1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1854-2006
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bastar State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nandini Sundar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-319) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2007394979
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bastar (India : District)--History--19th century
- Bastar (India : District)--History--20th century
- Bastar (India : District)--Ethnic relations--Political aspects