Leaving the Land - Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour in India

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Wayfinding; 2. Light skin and soft skills; 3. Departures and returns; 4. Interlude; 5. Dreams and desserts; 6. Talking about method; Conclusion; Afterword; References; Index.

About the author

Dolly Kikon teaches at the School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne. Her research focusses on the political economy of extractive resources, development initiatives, gender relations, customary law, and human rights in Northeast India. Apart from publishing with various journals, she has also authored Life and Dignity: Testimonies of Sexual Violence in Dimapur (Nagaland) (2015).Bengt G. Karlsson is Professor of Anthropology at Stockholms Universitet. He has been a committee member of the Swedish Research Council and is a working member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. His research and work addresses the larger issues of society–environment interface, with particular focus on the politics of ethnicity and environment in India. Apart from publishing with various journals and contributing in edited volumes, he has also authored Unruly Hills: A political Ecology of India's Northeast (2011).

Summary

This book traces the migration of indigenous youths from the hills of Northeast India to cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram. They go out to study or to work in the emerging hospitality industry. Armed conflicts, corruption and the harsh conditions of subsistence agriculture prompt many to leave.

Product details

• Authors: Bengt G. Karlsson, Bengt G. (Stockholms Universitet) Karlsson, Karlsson Bengt G., Dolly Kikon, Dolly (University of Melbourne) Kikon, Dolly (University of Melbourne) Karlsson Kikon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108494427
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49442-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Hospitality industry, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Social Mobility, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Labour / income economics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Labour Economics, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Hospitality and service industries