Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur [Hardcover]

Part of the Transition in Northeastern India series, this volume critically explores how Northeast India, especially Manipuri society, responded to colonial rule. It studies the interplay between colonialism and resistance to provide an alternative understanding of colonialism on the one hand, and society and state formation on the other. Challenging dominant histories of the area, the essays provide significant insights into understanding colonialism and its multiple effects on economy, polity, culture, and faith system. It examines hitherto untouched areas in the study of Northeast, and discusses how social movements are augmented, constituted or sustained.

This book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of modern history, sociology and social anthropology, particularly those concerned with Northeast India.

Introduction. Part I: Framework, Administration and Democratisation 1. Cast of Colonialism: Constructing the Peculiar North East India Arambam Noni2.Colonial Administration, Knowledge and Intervention: Colonial Project of Ethnicisation in Manipur Homen Thangjam3.Revisiting the Kuki Rebellion and Nupi Lan Lisham Henthoiba4.Colonialism and Movement of Democracy in Manipur Konthoujam IndrakumarPartII:Literature, Popular Culture and Religion 5.Religious Revivalism and Colonial Rule: Origin of the Sanamahi movement Khuraijam Bijoykumar Singh 6.Politics, Society and Literature in Modern Manipur Arambam Noni 7.Desire, Disgrace and Colonialism: A Reading of Bor Sahib Ongbi Sanatombi Rajkumari Smejita 8.Jesters of Popular Genres as an Agent of Resistance through Reflexivity Ksh. Imokanta Singh PartIII: Imperial Strategies and Distinct Political Histl$