Vivek Kumar Rai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3938404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivek Kumar Rai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivek Kumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Rai |
| SIGNATURE | RAI V K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Rat-eating’, Labour Servitude and Colonial Narratives
The Musahar community in Bihar experienced a series of identity constructions in the last couple of centuries. The lingering impact of the identity constructions is deeply rooted in society as the upper castes stigmatised the entire community in Bihar. The critical engagement with the colonial archives put forward various strands of their identity constructions, such as ‘rat eating’, ‘timid’, ‘semi-Hinduised’, ‘servile caste’ and many more. In th…
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‘Rat-eating’, Labour Servitude and Colonial Narratives
The Musahar community in Bihar experienced a series of identity constructions in the last couple of centuries. The lingering impact of the identity constructions is deeply rooted in society as the upper castes stigmatised the entire community in Bihar. The critical engagement with the colonial archives put forward various strands of their identity constructions, such as ‘rat eating’, ‘timid’, ‘semi-Hinduised’, ‘servile caste’ and many more. In th…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Ethnology (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)