• ISBN13: 9789384082970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Ratna Sagar
• Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook
• Publication Date: January 1, 2017
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: INR 850.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 535 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Asia / South / General

This volume inverts the othering characteristic of most studies of Odisha by drawing attention to the highlands in the west and south. Based on fieldwork, participant observation, oral traditions, archival materials and long-term historical and anthropological research by a range of scholars negotiating this region and its people, this volume examines the less visible and often misrecognized highlands of Odisha, thus questioning dominant coast-centric views and acknowledging a mutlitude of perspectives on Odisha beyond simplified dichotomies.

Uwe Skoda is Associate Professor in India and South Asia Studies at the Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University. His publications include a co-edited special issue on ‘Contemporary Indigeneity and Religion in India’ (in International Quarterly in Asian Studies, no. 1–2, 2015) and Dialogues with Gods: Possession in Middle Indian Rituals (2014, co-edited with Tina Otten). Biswamoy Pati is Associate Professor in Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. His publications include South Asia from the Margins: Echoes of Orissa, 1800-2000 (2012) and Balgangadhar Tilak: Popular Readings (2011, edited).