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Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India Enchanting the State
By Aditya Pratap Deo
Copyright 2022
226 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
226 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
226 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a unique study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India. The author, a scion of the erstwhile ruling family of Kanker, delves into the oral accounts given in the ancestral deity practices of the mixed tribe-caste communities of the region to highlight popular narratives of its historical polity. As he... Read more
1. The King as “I” 2. The Realm of the State 3. Liminal Crossings 4. The World of the Anga Deo 5. Enchanted Realms
Biography
Aditya Pratap Deo teaches History at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, India. He has his early degrees in History from the University of Delhi, and a PhD in History from Emory University, Atlanta, USA. His areas of academic interest and research are Modern South Asian history with special focus on tribal worlds, state formations and Chhattisgarh/Central India and philosophies of/critical theory in history and anthropological history, on all of which themes he has published.
