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As India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development,
indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be
overrepresented among the country's poor. Adivasis make up more
than eight hundred communities in India, with a total population of
more than a hundred million people who speak more than three
hundred different languages. Although their historical presence is
acknowledged by the state and they are lauded as a part of India's
ethnic identity today, their poverty has been compounded by the
suppression of their cultural heritage and lifestyle. In Adivasi
Art and Activism, Alice Tilche draws on anthropological fieldwork
conducted in rural western India to chart changes in adivasi
aesthetics, home life, attire, food, and ideas of religiosity that
have emerged from negotiation with the homogenizing forces of
Hinduization, development, and globalization in the twenty-first
century. She documents curatorial projects located not only in
museums and art institutions, but in the realms of the home, the
body, and the landscape. Adivasi Art and Activism raises vital
questions about preservation and curation of indigenous material
and provides an astute critique of the aesthetics and politics of
Hindu nationalism.
As India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development,
indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be
overrepresented among the country's poor. Adivasis make up more
than eight hundred communities in India, with a total population of
more than a hundred million people who speak more than three
hundred different languages. Although their historical presence is
acknowledged by the state and they are lauded as a part of India's
ethnic identity today, their poverty has been compounded by the
suppression of their cultural heritage and lifestyle. In Adivasi
Art and Activism, Alice Tilche draws on anthropological fieldwork
conducted in rural western India to chart changes in adivasi
aesthetics, home life, attire, food, and ideas of religiosity that
have emerged from negotiation with the homogenizing forces of
Hinduization, development, and globalization in the twenty-first
century. She documents curatorial projects located not only in
museums and art institutions, but in the realms of the home, the
body, and the landscape. Adivasi Art and Activism raises vital
questions about preservation and curation of indigenous material
and provides an astute critique of the aesthetics and politics of
Hindu nationalism.
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