Woven Narratives A Naga Perspective Across Disciplines

Introduction

COSMOLOGY, BELIEF AND INDIGENOUS EPISTEMOLOGIES

1. Spirits Reconfigured: The Cosmological Continuities between Shamanic and Christian Healing Practices in Nagaland

Khachülo Zehol Kevekha and Lucy Zehol

2. Conflict, Co-existence and the Changing Nature of Negotiation betwixt Indigenous Religion and Christianity amongst Angami Nagas

Kedilezo Kikhi and Pelesano

3. Stories of Earthly Things: An Exploration of the Geonarratives in Naga Oral Narratives and Selected Works of Easterine Kire

Setolu Tünyi

4. Negotiating Truth: Understanding Satyagraha’s Moral Landscape within the Cultural Context of Ao Nagas

Temjenkala Jamir and Akumtong Longkumer

LITERATURE, FICTION AND SYMBOLISM

5. The Politics of Home, Belonging and Recognition in Northeast India: A Literary Exploration

Pf John Bosco

6. Magical Realism and Beyond: Deciphering the Were-tiger Self in Naga Fiction

Thansingla Mungkung

7. From Hearth to Cultural Archives: Exploring the Contours of Cohesion and Contestation in Ao-Naga Folktales Through Fictive Realities and Symbolic Negotiations

Imkongkumzuk Jamir

BORDERLANDS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE

8. Indo-Myanmar Borderland Symbiosis: Socio-Economic and Cultural Dynamics of Naga Communities at the Borders

Lerete-Ü Khutsoh

9. From Fields to Markets: Traditional Agricultural Practices and Modern Market Integration among the Tangkhul Naga of Manipur

Barnabas Mashangva

GENDER, IDENTITY AND MATERIAL CULTURE

10. Creating a Gendered Perspective on Marriage Among the Konyak Naga

Amo Konyak B and Lucy Zehol

11. Gendered Objects: Analysing How Material Objects Reinforce Gender Norms in the Lotha Naga Society

Orenvungi L. Ngullie

12. Interrogating Patriarchy: Political Participation of Tangkhul Women in Manipur

Rinyochan Rungsung

13. The Gendered Plight of Àmè in Sümi Society: A Philosophical Perspective

Tonotoli Chishi

CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL DYNAMICS

14. Health Status of the Angami Elders in Khonoma Village, Kohima, Nagaland

Vivi Krubve, Kezhalhousa and Joycee Lalnunsiem

15. Gender Differences in Gaming Behaviour: Analysing Engagement, Addiction, and Time Commitment Among Youth Gamers in Kohima Town, Nagaland

Kezhalhousa

Biography

Khachülo Zehol Kevekha is a historian specialising in Modern and Northeast Indian history, with a particular focus on medical history, Christianity and postcolonial studies. He earned his PhD in history from North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, with a dissertation titled Christian Missions and Healthcare in Nagaland: A Historical Study (1872–1963). He has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences and has published several scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Lucy Zehol is Senior Professor in the Department of Anthropology at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya, India. Her publications include Ethnicity in Manipur: Issues, Experiences and Perspectives (1998), Women in Naga Society (1998), Research Priorities in North-East India (with special reference to Manipur) (2001) and Khezhakeno: The Legendary Naga Village (2009). Her research spans ethnicity, development, anthropology of women and gender studies.

Kedilezo Kikhi is Professor in the Department of Sociology at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Meghalaya, India. His major works include Comprehending Equity: Contextualising India’s North-East (2022), Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State: Perspectives from India’s Northeast (2023) and Marginality in India: Perspectives of Marginalisation from the North-East (2023). His research focuses on the sociology of Northeast India, tribal studies, ethnic movements, development studies and issues of marginality and marginalisation.