Reworking culture : relatedness, rites, and resources in the Garo Hills, North East India Erik de Maaker

By:

Maaker, Erik de

Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2022Description: xxviii, 302 p. : illISBN:

9788194831693

Subject(s):

Garo (Indic people) - Social life and customs

DDC classification:

305.8954054164 MAA

Summary: Provides intimate insights into the lives of hill farmers and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focussing on the reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book critiques the all too often taken for granted assumption that upland societies are characterised by cultural homogeneity and strong internal cohesion. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book focuses on a rural area in which land continues to constitute the most important resource that people have access to, and that has a substantial number of followers of traditional Garo community religion. In doing so, the book explores the creation and continuing reinterpretation of the multiple relationships through which people are connected to one another, as well as to their environment.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	305.8954054164 MAA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	699048

Provides intimate insights into the lives of hill farmers and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focussing on the reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book critiques the all too often taken for granted assumption that upland societies are characterised by cultural homogeneity and strong internal cohesion. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book focuses on a rural area in which land continues to constitute the most important resource that people have access to, and that has a substantial number of followers of traditional Garo community religion. In doing so, the book explores the creation and continuing reinterpretation of the multiple relationships through which people are connected to one another, as well as to their environment.

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