Nationalism in the Vernacular
State, Tribes, and Politics of Peace in Northeast India
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- Author: Roluah Puia, Harvard University, Massachusetts
- Date Published: October 2023
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- isbn: 9781009346078
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Nationalism in the Vernacular illuminates our understanding of the relationship between orality and nationalist politics. In doing so, it provides a new angle to the understanding of nationalism by looking at the popular support and participation of ordinary people in the construction of Mizo nationalism, in short, the vernacularisation of nationalism. The book examines this process of vernacularisation at two levels, the first concerns the process of creating a vernacular language to express nationalist ideas and second, the irrepressibility of the oral against state's violent response to the nationalist movement. Drawing from multiple sources, the book through the rich oral narratives, archival materials, including government and media reports shows how Mizos have remained active agents in asserting and claiming their rights to defining ideas of nationalism in their own terms by making it distinctively Mizo.
Read more- Integrates archives and interviews, including secondary sources and government reports
- Looks at the popular support and participation of the ordinary Mizos in the making and construction of Mizo nationalism
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‘… an important intervention in the studies of nations and nationalism, tribal studies, Northeast India studies, border studies, peace and conflict studies and beyond.' Somingam PS, LSE Review of Books
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- Date Published: October 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009346078
- length: 260 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.4kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgement
Glossary of terms
List of acronyms
1. Introduction
2. The 'Tribal Question' in India: Problem of Inclusion
3. The Emergence of Mizo Nationalism: The Formative Phase
4. MNF and the Vernacularization of Nationalism
5. Violence, Counter-insurgency and the Transcript of Resistance
6. Discord, Accord and the Politics of Peace
7. Conclusion
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