Insurgency in India's Northeast by Jugdep Chima, Pahi Saikia - 9781032484204

Insurgency in India's NortheastIdentity Formation, Postcolonial Nation/State-Building, and Secessionist Resistance\nAuthor(s): Jugdep Chima, Pahi Saikia\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032484204, 978-1032484204\nSynopsis\nInsurgency in Indias Northeast provides a systematic analysis of every major secessionist group and insurgency in the region within a unified and original explanatory framework, focusing primarily on the postcolonial period. \n\nThis book presents a parsimonious analytic narrative involving a rich sequential account of the historical evolution of Mizo, Naga, Meitei, and \""ethnic Assamese\"" identities from precolonial to colonial to postcolonial times. Avoiding essentialist or primordialist arguments, the chapters in the book demonstrate how ethnic/(sub)national identities are dynamic and malleable phenomenon, not immutable natural givens. In particular, it argues that the postcolonial Indian s.