Full Description
This volume offers an insightful and compelling exploration of the complex dynamics that define governance, identity, and power in India's northeast. It challenges conventional post-colonial narratives by asserting that the departure of colonial rulers did not precipitate a clean break but instead initiated intricate continuities that continue to shape the region's societal structures. It puts forward the concept of 'postcolonial hinterlands', a nuanced framework for understanding spaces and identities that lie outside dominant national constructs in post-colonial settings. It highlights how the interactions in this framework between marginalized identities and the entrenched nation-state model create a unique emplaced space that forms the basis for the volume's broader inquiries.
The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, post-colonial polities, postcolonialism, and South Asian Studies.
Contents
Introduction
Section I - Unusual Sites of Governance
Chapter 1 How Elections Govern
Chapter 2 Governing the Pandemic
Section II - Impossible of the Postcolonial
Chapter 3 Impossible Bodies
Chapter 4 Circular Journeys
Section III - Postcolonial Acts
Chapter 5 Negotiating Borders
Chapter 6 Citizenship Acts
