Politics, Society, And Cosmology In India's North East

The author here describes the cultural assimilation of two separate groups in Manipur. They are geographically separated and culturally distinct and yet their myths of origin speak of common parentage. Brara uses the concept of the theatre state, a cultural concept, to understand contemporary politics and ethnicity. This keen study provides an interesting description of the cultural assimilation of two separate groups in Manipur. These two peoples are geographically separated and culturally distinct, yet their myths of origin speak of a common parentage. Brara uses Clifford Geertz's notion of the theater state, an influential concept from the pages of cultural anthropology, to understand contemporary politics and ethnic relations in the North East Hill region. N. Vijayalakshmi Brara. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [253]-260) And Index. Study confined to the history and culture of the Meithei, Indic people.