Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North East India

by Erik de Maaker

Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India provides intimate insights into the lives of hill farmers and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focussing on the reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book critiques the all too often taken for granted assumption that upland societies are characterised by cultural homogeneity and strong internal cohesion. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8194831695
• ISBN13: 9788194831693
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"