Borderland Anxieties : : Shifting Understandings of Gender, Place and Identity at the India-Burma Border / / Matthew Wilkinson.

Borderland Anxieties explores the complex relationships between liberalization, gender and migration in Nagaland, a state in Northeast India that is emerging from decades of armed conflict. In the wake of Nagaland’s conflict, liberalization and an ‘opening up’ of the state to new connections and flo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Asian Borderlands ; 19
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Table of Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Part 1: Periphery --
1. ‘The Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd. Welcome You to Nagaland’ --
2. Becoming a Borderland --
3. Legacies of Conflict --
Part 2: Proximity --
4. Nagaland Opening Up --
5. ‘Spinsters and Divorced Women’ --
6. New Politics of Gender at the Border --
Closing --
Index
Summary:Borderland Anxieties explores the complex relationships between liberalization, gender and migration in Nagaland, a state in Northeast India that is emerging from decades of armed conflict. In the wake of Nagaland’s conflict, liberalization and an ‘opening up’ of the state to new connections and flows take place alongside ongoing militarization, nationalist insurgency, and political unrest. Nagaland’s complex peace-conflict continuum has encouraged a reordering of possibilities for men and for women in the state, but also, attempts to maintain fundamental social roles that are seen as defining an ethnic group, as foundations of identity, and for many as uncompromisable. In exploring the complex dynamics of peace, conflict, and tension in Nagaland, Borderland Anxieties offers a window to understanding how gender, politics and anxiety intersect in a borderland state experiencing rapid social, political, and economic changes.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789048557035
9783111023748
DOI:10.1515/9789048557035?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Matthew Wilkinson.