Being Mizo : identity and belonging in Northeast India / Joy L. K. Pachuau

By: Pachuau, Joy L. K.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford Univ. Press, 2014.Description: xv, 273 p. : ill. , maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 978-0-19-945115-9; 0-19-945115-X.Subject(s): Lushai (Asian people) -- Social life and customs -- India -- Mizoram | National characteristics, East Asian | Social and Cultural History | Ethnicity -- India, Northeastern | Asia -- History | India -- History | Mizoram (India) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.8958 Online resources: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199451159.001.0001

Contents:

List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction: Mapping The Terrain -- Framing The Margins: The Politics Of Representing India's Northeast -- Inscribing The Past In The Present: History In The Making Of A People -- Mizo Kristian Kan Ni: 'We Are Mizo Christians' -- Death And Locality In The Creation Of Mizo Identity -- Conclusion: Reflections On The Theme -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Summary: This study is an attempt at understanding the complex issues of identity formation in the relatively unexplored region of Northeast India. The work adopts the methodology of historical anthropology to make sense of a particular ethnic group, namely the Mizo, one of the many such groups in the region. While taking into consideration presentist self-perceptions of who the Mizos are, the study engages with their history as well as social practice to show the contours of identity-shaping and identity-making

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This study is an attempt at understanding the complex issues of identity formation in the relatively unexplored region of Northeast India. The work adopts the methodology of historical anthropology to make sense of a particular ethnic group, namely the Mizo, one of the many such groups in the region. While taking into consideration presentist self-perceptions of who the Mizos are, the study engages with their history as well as social practice to show the contours of identity-shaping and identity-making

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