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Oral Traditions, Continuities and Transformations in Northeast India - and Beyon

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Northeast India is home to many distinct communities and is an area of incredible ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity. This book explores the shared cultural heritage among the highland and river valley communities of Northeast India and mainland South East Asia, including South China, through oral traditions.

List of contents

Introduction: Oral Traditions in Highland Asia: A view from Northeast India 1. From Marginal Zone to Borderland? Ethnographies, Histories and Politics in North East India 2. "Buluotuo Culture”: The Zhuang Oral Traditions as Performance 3. Northeast India and South East Asia: Rediscovering a Cultural Lineage through Folklores 4. The Uniqueness of Storytelling on Malay Folktales 5. The Khasi Oral Traditional Forms of Communication 6. Integrating Oral Narratives in Linguistic Study of Speech Communities: A Case Study of Angami Naga (Kohima village) 7. Pottery Technology in Garo Hills: An Ethnoarchaeological Interpretation 8. Constancy and Change: A Study on the Traditional and Colonial built forms of the Khasis 9. Health, Spirits and Modern Medicine in Northeast India 10. Role of Women in the making of Boro Culture: From Knowledge Production to Empowerment 11. Elwin as the Presenter of the Tales of the Tribes films 12. Old Links: New Content: Reconnecting North East India and Southeast Asia

About the author

Surajit Sarkar is Associate Professor and coordinator of the Centre for Community Knowledge at Ambedkar University, Delhi, India. He has been a fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study at University of Durham (UK), the International Institute for Asian Studies at Leiden (Netherlands). Surajit is also an award-winning documentary film maker and video artist for theatre and dance productions. He has created multimedia installations in museums and galleries in India and abroad.
Nerupama Y. Modwel is Principal Director, Intangible Cultural Heritage Division, INTACH. She has led a number of research and documentation projects on performing traditions, folklore and oral narratives, studies on tribal communities across the country, and cultural resource mapping of heritage cities like Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna and Gaya. She has worked on a number of publications on the intangible heritage of India, and guided the development of a Virtual Experiential Museum at Varanasi. Previously, she taught at Delhi University, India and Rajasthan University, India.

Summary

Northeast India is home to many distinct communities and is an area of incredible ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity. This book explores the shared cultural heritage among the highland and river valley communities of Northeast India and mainland South East Asia, including South China, through oral traditions.

Product details

Authors Surajit (Ambedkar University Sarkar
Assisted by Nerupama Y. Modwel (Editor), Surajit Sarkar (Editor), Sarkar Surajit (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 25.09.2023
 
EAN 9780367695927
ISBN 978-0-367-69592-7
No. of pages 174
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)

Sociology, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

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