Everyday Resistance or Routine Repression? Exaggeration as a Statagem in Agrarian Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2187282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Gupta (0000-0002-0897-3232), Dipak K Gupta (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-108 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/714003934 |
| OpenAlex | W1989337978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
In a deeply stratified rural society a good stratagem on the part of those in power is to exaggerate the shortcomings of the lower classes. Such exaggerations justify domination over, and the curtailment of respect for, the rural poor. James Scott misunderstands the disempowering nature of this stratagem and believes the exaggerated tales related by the rich about the poor. This is what leads Scott to romanticize these stories as 'everyday forms of resistance' by an empowered rural poor, and thus to ignore what such tales really are: sources of routine repression by the rich. Drawing on fieldwork in rural Uttar Pradesh, this article demonstrates how propertied classes systematically exaggerate the failings of poor peasants in order to justify the routine repression exercised over them
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Economics · Exaggeration · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Psychological repression · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |