| Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands Contributor(s): Venkateswar, Sita (Author) |
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ISBN: 8791563046 ISBN-13: 9788791563041 Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affai OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2004 Annotation: This volume is a comparative analysis of three indigenous groups of Andaman Islanders with diverse historical experiences of colonialism and "development." It examines the links between colonialism and development under British and Indian administrations, and analyzes how the various indigenous groups have responded in different ways to colonization. emphasizing particularly the dynamics of power and gender. In conclusion, the situation of the Jarawa (known as a people avoiding contact) is reviewed. The volume describes how civil society organizations and scholars advocate for the Jarawas' right to territory and to choose which future they want for themselves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| Series: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (Iwgia) |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.76" W x 9.42" (1.24 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an ethnographic account of colonialism in the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal, India. It examines the links between colonialism and development under British and Indian administrations, and analyses how the different indigenous groups (the Andamanese, the Onge, the Jarawa and the Sentinelese) have responded differently and been affected in different ways by colonization and the everyday dynamics of colonial administrative practices. It emphasizes particularly the dynamics of power and gender. The books also looks at the present situation of the Jarawa who, until recently, were known as a people that avoided contact with the sorrounding society. The book concludes with a section on current advocacy initiatives being spearheaded by civil society organizations and scholars aimed at securing the Jarawas' right to territory and to choose for themselves which future they want. The book includes an appendix containing the 2003 'Draft Policy on the Jarawas' (by Shri K.B. Saxena, member of the Expert Committee on the Jarawas) as well as an alternative Jarawa policy framework drafted by a group of independent experts and observers, of which the author is a member. |