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1 Indigenous Pasts And The Politics Of Belonging / Daniel J. Rycroft Rycroft, Daniel J., Sangeeta Dasgupta Dasgupta, Sangeeta 1 -- Part 1 Contesting Categories, Blurring Boundaries 15 -- 2 The Dangers Of Belonging: Tribes, Indigenous Peoples And Homelands In South Asia / Willem Van Schendel Schendel, Willem Van 19 -- 3 Performative Genres As Boundary Markers: Folklore And The Creation Of Purulia As A Border Zone / Roma Chatterji Chatterji, Roma 44 -- Part Ii Revisiting Resistance 59 -- 4 Rebellion As Modern Self Fashioning: A Santal Movement In Colonial Bengal / Tanika Sarkar Sarkar, Tanika 65 -- 5 Reconstructing An Event: The Great Rebellion Of 1857-8 And Singhbhum Indigenes / Asoka Kumar Sen Sen, Asoka Kumar 82 -- Part Iii Landscape And Adivasi Agency 97 -- 6 Customary Rights And Resistance In The Forests Of Singhbhum / Vinita Damodaran Damodaran, Vinita 103 -- 7 Standpoints And Intersections: Towards An Indigenist Epistemology / Darley Jose Kjosavik Kjosavik, Darley Jose 119 -- Part Iv Politics, Participation And Recognition 137 -- 8 Sovereignty Through Indigenous Governance: Reviving 'traditional Political Institutions' In Northeast India / Bengt G. Karlsson Karlsson, Bengt G. 141 -- 9 Aid, Adivasis And Aspirations For Development In Western India / David Mosse Mosse, David 154 -- 10 Politics, Development And Identity: Jharkhand, 1991-2009 / Amit Prakash Prakash, Amit 175 -- Part V Mainstreams And Margins 191 -- 11 Using The Past To Win The Present: Peasant Revolt, Political Parties And The Print Media In Leftist West Bengal / Abhijit Guha Guha, Abhijit 199 -- 12 Who Cares For A New State? The Imaginary Institution Of Jharkhand / Alpa Shah Shah, Alpa 217. Edited By Daniel J. Rycroft And Sangeeta Dasgupta. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.