Overview

This book examines diverse aspects of the social history of the tribals and dalits/outcastes in Orissa. It delineates how the socially excluded sections were further impoverished by both colonial government policies and the chiefs of the despotic princely states who worked in tandem with the colonizers.In the book, Biswamoy Pati studied several key issues including 'colonial knowledge' systems, the stereotyping of tribals as violent and brutal, and colonial constructions of the 'criminal tribe'. Additionally examined are colonial agrarian settlements, adivasi strategies of resistance, (including uprisings); indigenous systems of health and medicine; the colonial 'medical gaze;' conversion (to Hinduism); fluidities of caste formations in the nineteenth century; the appropriation by princely rulers of adivasi deities and healing methods; the rituals of legitimacy adopted by these rulers; as well as the development of colonial capitalism and urbanization. Also explored are the connections between marginalized groups and the national movement, and the way these inherited problems have remained unresolved after Independence. Drawing upon archival and rare sources, this important book would interest the general reader, besides students of history, social anthropology, political sociology, cultural studies, dalit studies, social exclusion, and the social history of medicine. It would also attract NGOs and planners of public policy.

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Author:   Biswamoy Pati (Formerly Associate Professor, Formerly Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi.)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780199489404

ISBN 10:   0199489408
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface by Dr. Indrani Sen Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Invisibility, Social Exclusion, Survival: Tribals and the Untouchables/Dalits in Orissa 2.The Rhythms of Change and Devastation: Colonial Capitalism and the World of the Socially Excluded, c.1800-1920 3.The Tribals and Outcastes Hit Back: Survival as Resistance in the Nineteenth Century 4.Health Matters: Exploring the World of the Tribals and Outcastes/ Dalits 5.Rituals of Legitimacy: Caste /Hegemony/Counter-Hegemony, c.1800-1940 6.Alternative Visions : The Communist and the State People's Movements, Nilgiri, 1937-48 Epilogue Select Bibliography About the Author

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While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. Focus on the disenfranchised is one of the threads that unite the entire monograph. One of Pati's strategies for achieving this is to study small events/scandals in great detail...At the same time, Pati not only examines their actions vis-à-vis the state/elites, but also while they were attempting to eke out a living. These are just as interesting as outright acts of resistance, bringing to the fore the realities and rhythms of everyday life, survival strategies, world-views and struggles. Such an approach challenges the urbanised perspective in most existing work on subaltern classes...While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. * Saurabh Mishra, Department of History, University of Sheffield, South Asia Research *

While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. Focus on the disenfranchised is one of the threads that unite the entire monograph. One of Pati's strategies for achieving this is to study small events/scandals in great detail...At the same time, Pati not only examines their actions vis-a-vis the state/elites, but also while they were attempting to eke out a living. These are just as interesting as outright acts of resistance, bringing to the fore the realities and rhythms of everyday life, survival strategies, world-views and struggles. Such an approach challenges the urbanised perspective in most existing work on subaltern classes...While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. * Saurabh Mishra, Department of History, University of Sheffield, South Asia Research *

While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. Focus on the disenfranchised is one of the threads that unite the entire monograph. One of Pati's strategies for achieving this is to study small events/scandals in great detail...At the same time, Pati not only examines their actions vis-`a-vis the state/elites, but also while they were attempting to eke out a living. These are just as interesting as outright acts of resistance, bringing to the fore the realities and rhythms of everyday life, survival strategies, world-views and struggles. Such an approach challenges the urbanised perspective in most existing work on subaltern classes...While Pati devotes much space to studying...everyday actions and strategies, he also pays significant attention to extraordinary events or movements. * Saurabh Mishra, Department of History, University of Sheffield, South Asia Research *

Author Information

Biswamoy Pati taught Modern Indian History at the Department of History, University of Delhi. Over the years, he received numerous Honours, awards and Fellowships, the last of them being a Senior Fellowship at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (2015-2017). He published extensively in terms of books, scholarly journals and edited collections. These include his monographs: Resisting Domination (1993), Situating Social History (2001), Identity, Hegemony, Resistance (2003), and South Asia From the Margins (2012). His edited collections include the landmark Health, Medicine and Empire (2001), besides India's Princely States (2007), The Rebellion of 1857 (2007) and The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India (2012). His latest volumes include Society, Medicine and Politics in Colonial India (2018) and the co-authored volume Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States (2018). Dr Pati also occasionally wrote a Guest Column for The Telegraph, Bhubaneswar. He tragically passed away in June 2017.

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