"Indigeneity And Nation | Asian Studies

Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature culture and society among the indigenous. The book the third in a five-volume series deals with the two key concepts of indigeneity and nation of indigenous people from all the continents of the world. With contributions from renowned scholars activists and experts across the globe it looks at issues and ideas of indigeneity nationhood nationality State identity selfhood constitutionalism and citizenship in Africa North America New Zealand Pacific Islands and Oceania India and Southeast Asia from philosophical cultural historical and literary points of view. Bringing together academic insights and experiences from the ground this unique book with its wide coverage will serve as a comprehensive guide for students teachers and scholars of indigenous studies. It will be essential reading for those in social and cultural anthropology tribal studies sociology and social exclusion studies politics religion and theology cultural studies literary and postcolonial studies Third World and Global South studies as well as activists working with indigenous communities.|Indigeneity and Nation | Asian Studies