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  • PERFORMANCE AND KNOWLEDGE
    G. N. DEVY / GEOFFREY V. DAVIS
    Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous. This final volume in the five-volume series deals with the two key concepts of performance and knowledge of the indigenous people from all continents of the world. With contributions from renowned scholars, ac...

    $1,120.00

  • NARRATING NOMADISM
    G. N. DEVY / GEOFFREY V. DAVIS / K. K. CHAKRAVARTY
    Narrating Nomadism provides an unflinching account of ethnic groups and nomadic communities across the world that were branded as ‘criminal’ during colonial times. It explores the tragic effect of the new identity imposed on them, the traumatic survival of these communities and cultures, and the creative expression of this experience in their arts and literature in the form of ...

    $1,360.00

  • ORALITY AND LANGUAGE
    G. N. DEVY / ‎GEOFFREY V. DAVIS
    Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of the society, culture and literature among indigenous peoples. This book, the fourth in a five-volume series, deals with the two key concepts of language and orality of indigenous peoples from Asia, Australia, North America and South America. With contribution...

    $1,240.00

  • INDIGENEITY AND NATION
    G. N. DEVY / GEOFFREY V. DAVIS
    Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous. The book, the third in a five-volume series, deals with the two key concepts of indigeneity and nation of indigenous people from all the continents of the world. With contributions from renowned scholars, acti...

    $1,120.00

  • GENDER AND RIGHTS
    G. N. DEVY / GEOFFREY DAVIS
    Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous. This book, the second in a five-volume series, deals with the two key concepts of gender and rights of indigenous peoples from all continents of the world. With contributions from renowned scholars, activists ...

    $1,240.00

  • ENVIRONMENT AND BELIEF SYSTEMS
    G. N. DEVY
    Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous. The book, the first in a five-volume series, deals with the two crucial concepts of environment and belief systems of indigenous peoples from all the continents of the world. With contributions from renowned s...

    $1,160.00

  • THE LANGUAGE LOSS OF THE INDIGENOUS
    G. N. DEVY
    This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise — the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here sho...

    $1,360.00

  • KNOWING DIFFERENTLY
    G. N. DEVY
    This book offers a bold and illuminating account of the worldviews nurtured and sustained by indigenous communities from across continents, through their distinctive understanding of concepts such as space, time, joy, pain, life, and death. It demonstrates how this different mode of ‘knowing’ has brought the indigenous into a cultural conflict with communities that claim to be ...

    $1,560.00