Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh
This book explores the transitions in the adivasi identity as well as in the political representation of adivasi communities in Bangladesh.
It traces the use of categories such as “primitive”, “tribe”, and “adivasi” in post-colonial Bangladesh, both in the political discourse and in everyday life. The volume studies the history of these essentialized categories used for indigenous communities withi...
This book explores the transitions in the adivasi identity as well as in the political representation of adivasi communities in Bangladesh.
It traces the use of categories such as “primitive”, “tribe”, and “adivasi” in post-colonial Bangladesh, both in the political discourse and in everyday life. The volume studies the history of these essentialized categories used for indigenous communities withi...
