Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging: The Heraka Movement in Northeast India

by Arkotong Longkumer

Book Overview

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. Drawing upon critical studies of 'religion', cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism, archival research in both India and Britain, and fieldwork in Assam, the book initiates new grounds for understanding the evolving notions of 'reform' and 'identity' in the emergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441196943
• ISBN13: 9781441196941
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"