Gender and ‘Tribal’ Identity in Western India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20070915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Unnithan (0000-0002-7649-7282, corresponding author), Maya Unnithan-Kumar |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 88-99 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Making the 'Woman' (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge India (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781032640532-8 |
| OpenAlex | W60407839 |
| ISBN | 9781032640532 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
Most studies of tribal communities in India emphasise their social, political and economic distinction from caste groups. Such representations are rarely based on members' own accounts of their history and experiences and are thus open to processes of ‘othering’ and erasure. Representations of tribal women are especially symbolic of the ways in which tribes have come to be regarded as distinct from caste groups. Based on ethnographic research with Girasia women in southern Rajasthan, in this chapter, I suggest that neat social categorisations of caste and tribe are difficult to sustain, and indeed, more can be learned by analysing the gendered and political process underlying self and other's descriptions of a community and its members
Aesthetics · Art · Genealogy · Geography · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Military history and social perspectives · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2016 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |