Naga Identities - Changing Local Cultures in the Northeast of India

Michael Oppitz, Thomas Kaiser, Alban von Stockhausen and Marion Wettstein

ISBN 10: 9053496793 / ISBN 13: 9789053496794

Published by Snoek Publishers, Gent, 2008

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Large quarto-size, (27cm high by 22 cm wide),464 pages, coloured and half-tone illustrations throughout (people and artifacts, mainly), bibliography, index; publisher's grey cloth, gilt-blocked titles on the spine; cream dust-jacket. Fine, no writing, markup, labels or other defacements; jacet with small signs of handling. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free. Heavy book - large extra charges will be needed for shipping overseas (packed weight 2.8 kg).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Naga Identities - Changing Local Cultures in the Northeast of India
• Publisher: Snoek Publishers, Gent
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9053496793
• ISBN 13: 9789053496794
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Academic Books

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Synopsis

The Naga tribes inhabit the southeastern foothills of the Himalayas in the border area between India and Burma. Feared as headhunters and avoided by the inhabitants of the plains until around a hundred years ago, they developed a highly particular material culture and oral tradition in isolation. British colonial rule and Baptist missionary activity brought about far-reaching changes in Naga culture around the middle of the 19th century. After 1947, the Naga hills were forcibly integrated in the new Indian state. The result was a bloody war that raged for more than fifty years, largely hidden from public opinion. Only recently has the region been reopened to foreign visitors. This volume is a collection of essays, interviews, and pictorial essays by Naga and western authors on the culture, history, and changing identity of these former headhunters.