Leaving the Land: Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour in India

✍ Scribed by Dolly Kikon and Bengt G. Karlsson

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Leaving the Land
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Background
Leaving the Land
Indigenous Migration
Militarized Mobility
Affective Labour
The research process and earlier research
Chapterization
1. Wayfinding
Migration and Crossings
Guwahati–Thiruvananthapuram Express
Migratory Lives
Nabam
Naiba
Lulin
Stretched Lifeworlds
Conclusion
2. Light Skin and Soft Skills
At The People Channel
Affective Labour
Grooming in a Militarized Society
Un-Indian Looks
Soft Skills
The Face of the Company
Caring for the Community
Conclusion
3. Departures and Returns
Urban Indigeneity
Belonging in the City
Leaving Shillong and (Not) Coming Back
Story 1, Bynta
Story 2, Paul
Story 3, Margareth
Desires and Expectations
Story 4, Jasmine
Story 5, Lallian
Story 6, Pavei
Routes of Indigeneity
Story 7, Regia
Story 8, Lian
Conclusion
4. Interlude: Photoethnography
5. Dreams and Desserts
Capturing Experiences
Dreams
Desserts
Moral Self
Conclusion
6. Talking about Method
Conclusion
Afterword: Bridging Ruptures
Rupture 1: Colonization
Rupture 2: Rebellion
Rupture 3: Leaving the Frontier
Rupture 4: Return
References
Books
Chapter in an edited book
Reports
Article in a journal
Unpublished papers
Newspapers, magazines, and blogs
Index