Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Transnational governmentality and adivasi subjectivity today. 2 Colonial archives and its effects. 3 Reloading the “Adivasi” figure? 4 Wanna or Wangala festival and its revival. 5 Ādibāsī āche? . . . āche. 6 Postscript. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

Mahmudul H. Sumon is Professor of Anthropology at Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh. He studied at Jahangirnagar University for his bachelor and master degrees and completed his Ph.D. from the University of Kent, at Canterbury, UK. He has co-edited two books, on adivasi politics of naming and land rights issues. His current research deals with questions of labour rights and justice in the wake of neo-liberal globalization.