Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive view of the relationship between the Indian tribes and the mainstream. It covers key topics such as health, education, development, livelihood, disability and culture, and presents new insights by focusing on the perspective of the 21st-century tribal youth of the country. The volume explores inclusive education for scheduled tribes children; mainstreaming tribal children; mental health and superstition; ageing and morbidity and psychological distress among elderly tribal population; empowerment via handicraft; livelihoods via non-timber forest produce; the Forest Right Act; the tribal sub-plan approach; tribal cuisine and issues of food; identity; myths and feminism. The book combines fresh research viewpoints with ideas on implementable solutions that would facilitate a more inclusive development for one of the most marginalized communities while highlighting critical issues and concerns.
An important intervention, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of tribal studies, sociology, rural sociology, development studies, social anthropology, political sociology, politics, ethnic studies, sociolinguistics, education and public policy and administration.
Contents
Introduction Part I. Health and Education 1. Inclusive Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities: Scope and Challenges 2. Mainstreaming Tribal Children: Scaffolding English Language Learning Using Multi-Lingual Strategies 3. Ageing, Morbidity and Psychological Distress among Tribal Elderly: Is There an Association? 4. Beliefs on Etiology and Healing Practices of Mental Illness among Tribes in Eastern India 5. Educating Tribal Children: Can Information Dissemination Stimulate Community Participation? Part II. Development and Empowerment 6. People's Response to Development: A Case of India's Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups 7. Empowerment via Handicraft: An Empirical Study on Tribal Women of Odisha 8. Forest Right Act and the Problems and Prospects of Non-Timber Forest Products Management: A Study on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of Odisha 9. Implementation of Tribal Sub-Plan Schemes in Odisha: An Assessment Part III. Culture and Identity 10. Characters on the Periphery: A Feminist Perspective on Mahabharata and Ramayana 11. Rethinking Santal Identity: A Study of Binti as a Creation Myth and Its Impact among Santals in Contemporary Tribal India 12. Identity and Individuality: Revisiting Indian Tribal Cuisine
