Indigenist Mobilization
Confronting Electoral Communism and Precarious Livelihoods in Post-Reform Kerala
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Reference & Language, Law, Political Science
| Author: | Luisa Steur | ISBN: | 9781785333835 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | May 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Luisa Steur |
| ISBN: | 9781785333835 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | May 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of indigenous identity. Why did a notion of indigenous belonging come to replace the discourse of class in subaltern struggles? Indigenist Mobilization answers this question through a detailed ethnographic study of the dynamics between the Communist party and indigenist activists, and the subtle ways in which global capitalist restructuring leads to a resonance of indigenist visions in the changing everyday working lives of subaltern groups in Kerala.
In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of indigenous identity. Why did a notion of indigenous belonging come to replace the discourse of class in subaltern struggles? Indigenist Mobilization answers this question through a detailed ethnographic study of the dynamics between the Communist party and indigenist activists, and the subtle ways in which global capitalist restructuring leads to a resonance of indigenist visions in the changing everyday working lives of subaltern groups in Kerala.
