Fragmented tribes of the India-Burma-Bangladesh borderlands: representation of the Zo (Kuki-Chin) people in colonial ethnography

In the absence of pre-colonial written records, reconstruction of the history and identity of indigenous tribes has to depend on oral stories and the documentation of the 'other', while the former is subject to distortion, the latter is often glossed with vested interest. Taking the case o...

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Published in:	Asian ethnicity Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 608 - 629
Main Authors:	Pau, Pum Khan, Mung, Thang Sian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2022 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Borders Classification Colonialism Distortion Documentation Ethnic identity Ethnography India-Burma-Bangladesh borderlands Indigenous peoples Kuki-Chin languages Tribes and tribal systems Zo (Kuki-Chin) Bangladesh Myanmar (Burma) India
ISSN:	1463-1369, 1469-2953
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