Nature And Indigeneity: Towards An Environmental History of Adivasi Society

Dipsita Dhar

Ecology, Economy and Society - the INSEE Journal, 2022, vol. 05, issue 01

Abstract: Nirmal Kumar Mahato’s Sorrow Songs of Woods is a richly textured ethnographic and historical account of the Adivasi or indigenous people of Manbhum. Territorially speaking, Manbhum was a single district in British India, but it currently sprawls across the states of Bihar and West Bengal. Essentially, Mahato provides an environmental history of the Adivasi people by setting up a dialogue of sorts between the official archive and a range of indigenous sources, including myths, oral accounts, and lived experiences.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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