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Indigeneity Tales and Alternatives: Revisiting Select Tribal Forktales
by Kaustav (Author),
Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
About the Book: Indigeneity Tales and Alternatives: Revisiting Select Tribal
Forktales
This is an attempt to analyse the non-mainstream perspectives as alternatives by
critically interpreting the folktales of the four tribal communities who live in
the northern part of West Bengal. While focusing on the alternatives in the
folktales of Toto, Rabha, Limbu and Lepcha communities, the work addresses the
possibilities of an eco(alternative)masculinity, de-stereotyped skills, memories
of indigenous transgenderism and the use of trickster in subverting the
mainstream ethos. Anyone who gets otherised by the mainstream might feel at home
by revisiting the tribal domain which is more inclusive, as revealed in their
folktales, and thereby, initiate
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9789382396482
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Publishing Date 0
Total Pages 149