Nagas as a Society against Voting: and other essays

by Jelle J P Wouters

This book explores the form and character of political and social life in Nagaland. Firmly grounded in the historical experiences and ethnographic specifics of Naga society, its eleven essays variously discuss the origins, evolution and convolutions of the Naga Movement for self-determination, the ways Naga villagers apply their agency and imagination to appropriate and rework India's democracy process to their own uses and lifeworlds, kinship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0578521105
• ISBN13: 9780578521107
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Highlander Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"