ISSN 1882-6865
Vol. 73, Issue 1 & 2, 2014June 30, 2014 JST
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South India)
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South India)
Ulrich Demmer,
Articles in Vol. 73, Issue 1 & 2, 2014
Vol. 73, Issue 1 & 2, 2014
- AE 73-1&2 Table of ContentsBenjamin DormanFrank J. Korom
- Editors’ NoteFrank J. KoromBenjamin Dorman
- Guest Editors’ Introduction: Indigeneity, Performance, and the State in South Asia and BeyondRichard K. WolfFrank Heidemann
- Dimensions of Indigeneity in Highland Odisha, IndiaPeter Berger
- Placing Indigeneity: Betta Kurumba Narratives of Territory and Clan StructureGail Coelho
- Tribal and Modern Voices in South Indian Kota SocietyRichard K. Wolf
- Objectification and Social Aesthetics: Memoranda and the Celebration of “Badaga Day”Frank Heidemann
- The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South India)Ulrich Demmer
- The Social Life of an Ethnonym: The “Kattu Nayaka” of South IndiaNurit Bird-David
- Fertility or Indigeneity?: Two Versions of the Santal Flower FestivalLea Schulte-Droesch
- VCD Crossovers: Cultural Practice, Ideas of Belonging, and Santali Popular MoviesMarkus Schleiter
- The “Bison Horn” Muria: Making it “More Tribal” for a Folk Dance Competition in Bastar, ChhattisgarhNicolas Prévôt
- Contact Zone: Ethnohistorical Notes on the Relationship between Kings and Tribes in Middle IndiaBurkhard Schnepel
- Ethnographies of States and Tribes in Highland OdishaGeorg Pfeffer
- AfterwordPaul Hockings
- Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus, _The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire_Paul Shankman
- Sam Gill, _Dancing Culture Religion_Anthony Shay
- Laura Hirvi, _Identities in Practice: A Trans-Atlantic Ethnography of Sikh Immigrants in Finland and in California_Karen Leonard
- John Baily, _Songs from Kabul: The Spiritual Music of Ustad Amir Mohammad_William Sumits
- Beth Szczepanski, _The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan’s Buddhist Monasteries: Social and Ritual Contexts_Jonathan P. J. Stock
- Emily Chao, _Lijiang Stories: Shamans, Taxi Drivers, and Runaway Brides in Reform-Era China_Tenzin Jinba
- Anne Murphy, _The Materiality of the Past: History and Representation in Sikh Tradition_Robin Rinehart
- Akhil Gupta, _Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India_Michele Ruth Gamburd
- Ronit Ricci, _Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia_Radhika Gupta
- Teena Purohit, _The Aga Khan Case: Religion and Identity in Colonial India_Amrita Shodhan
- Jeanne Hein and V. S. Rajam, _The Earliest Missionary Grammar of Tamil: Fr. Henriques’ Arte da Lingua Malabar: Translation, History and Analysis_Torsten Tschacher
- Amitabh SenGupta, _Scroll Paintings of Bengal: Art in the Village_Pika Ghosh
- Smita Tewari Jassal, _Unearthing Gender: Folksongs of North India_Coralynn V. Davis
- Satsuki Kawano, Glenda S. Roberts, and Susan Orpett Long, eds., _Capturing Contemporary Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty_Daniel A. Métraux
- Yasui Manami, _Shussan kankyō no minzokugaku: “Dai san ji osan kakumei” ni mukete_Noriko T. Reider
- Ian Condry, _The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story_Tomohiro Morisawa
- Peter Haskel, _Sword of Zen: Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and The Sword Tale_Yuka Amano
- Merry White, _Coffee Life in Japan_Millie Creighton
- Ian Harper, _Development and Public Health in the Himalaya: Reflections on Healing in Contemporary Nepal_A. C. McKay
- Jan-Olof Svantesson, Kàm Ràw (Damrong Tayanin), Kristina Lindell and Håkan Lundström _Dictionary of Kammu Yùan Language and Culture_Gisa Jähnichen
- Sharika Thiranagama, _In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka_Dennis B. McGilvray
- Michele Ruth Gamburd, _The Golden Wave: Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Disaster_R. Michael Feener
- Dhana Hughes, _Violence, Torture and Memory in Sri Lanka: Life after Terror_, and Gordon Weiss, _The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers_Michele Ruth Gamburd
- Emily T. Yeh, _Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development_Timothy Thurston
- Tanya Zivkovic, _ Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: In-between Bodies _A. C. McKay
- Lauren Meeker, _Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Ho Folk Song in Northern Vietnam_Gerald Roche
Demmer, Ulrich. 2014. “The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason Indigenous Identity, Ritual Discourse, and the Postcolonial State in the Northern Nilgiris (South India).” Asian Ethnology 73 (1 & 2): 111–37.