The Making of a Village: The Dynamics of Adivasi Rural Life in India

The Making of a Village examines the social and cultural life of indigenous peoples in India. It unfolds intimate aspects of Adivasi history such as the birth of a village, its demographic formation, forging of social relations, in- and out-migration, and the dialectics of the village as a socio-physical space during precolonial and colonial periods.

Drawing on oral, archival and empirical data from eastern India, it highlights the interconnected themes of inflection of identity; the change ...