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in Between Solidarity and Complicity: The Politics of Representation in Bhimayana
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2020
Figure 6. Gond art circa 1951 (Elwin 1951 , 88). Courtesy of Oxford University Press.
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1956) 15 (3): 455–458.
Published: 01 May 1956
...Dorothy M. Spencer The Religion of an Indian Tribe . By Verrier Elwin . London : Oxford University Press , 1955 . xxiv , 597. Bibliography, Index. $6.55. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 BOOK REVIEWS 455 South India will be written time and again...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1992) 51 (3): 688–689.
Published: 01 August 1992
...Paul Hockings Life among Indian Tribes: The Autobiography of an Anthropologist . By Christoph Von Fürer-Haimendorf . New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1990 . x , 186 pp. Rs. 190.00. Philanthropologist, Selected Writings . By Verrier Elwin ; edited by Nari Rustomji . New...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 19 (4): 491–492.
Published: 01 August 1960
...Chie Nakane India's North-East Frontier in the Nineteenth Century . Edited with an Introduction by Verrier Elwin . Bombay : Oxford University Press , 1959 . xxxii, 473 . Rs. 28. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1960 1960 BOOK REVIEWS 491 book is. He does...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 30 (2): 480–481.
Published: 01 February 1971
...Anna Pikelis McCormack The Nagas in the Nineteenth Century . Edited with an Introduction by Verrier Elwin . Bombay : Oxford University Press , 1969 . xii, 650 pp. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $6.75. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 480 might...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1992) 51 (3): 689–690.
Published: 01 August 1992
... ASIA 689 they worked with. Both were critical of the exploitation of tribal societies and lands by loggers, moneylenders, and even local officials. But Fiirer-Haimendorf is certainly more sanguine about the future than was Elwin, who seemed possessed by an abiding faith in the appropriateness...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1956) 15 (3): 452–455.
Published: 01 May 1956
..., D. C. The Religion of a n I n d i a n Tribe. By VERRIER ELWIN. London: Oxford University Press, 1955. xxiv, 597. Bibliography, Index. $6.55. In the Preface to a previous publication, The Tribal Art of Middle India (1951), Elwin notes that for a period of fifteen years he had spent ten months...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 30 (2): 478–480.
Published: 01 February 1971
.... EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY VERRIER ELWIN. Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1969. xii, 650 pp. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $6.75. Verrier Elwin communicated the intent of this posthumously published anthology of extracts from printed literature of vintage 1826 to 1896 by stating at the outset...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 27 (1): 161–162.
Published: 01 November 1967
... Gond myth, that of Lingo Pen, as presented by various ethnographers working at different times and in different areas of the Gond region. These versions were collected by Hislop, Trench, Elwin, and Fiirer-Haimendorf. Professor Herrenschmidt's work therefore represents a textual study, and does...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2023) 82 (2): 272–273.
Published: 01 May 2023
... factor that influenced Indian policy involved a paternalistic view of the tribal inhabitants of the region. This outlook could be traced to the well-meaning but somewhat dubious ideas of British colonial anthropologists. One of them, in particular, Verrier Elwin, played a critical role in shaping...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 27 (1): 162–163.
Published: 01 November 1967
... to determine the social context from the work of Hislop and Trench especially, and it is often doubtful at best from the work of Elwin and Fiirer-Haimendorf. Under what circumstances are myths recited? What is the stated purpose of reciting them among these people? Are they used as guides for ritual, moral...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2020) 79 (2): 303–334.
Published: 01 May 2020
...Figure 6. Gond art circa 1951 (Elwin 1951 , 88). Courtesy of Oxford University Press. ...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1992) 51 (3): 686–688.
Published: 01 August 1992
.... 275.00. From his autobiography, one can see that Christoph von Fiirer-Haimendorf (b. 1909) is a kindred spirit with Verrier Elwin. They belong to nearly the same generation, although Fiirer-Haimendorf, who is still active in Indian anthropology, is somewhat the younger of the two. Elwin died in 1964...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 19 (4): 491.
Published: 01 August 1960
... India's North-East Frontier in the Nineteenth Century. Edited with an Introduction by VERRIER ELWIN. Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1959. xxxii, 473. Rs. 28. India's North-East Frontier is a fascinating ...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (2): 632–634.
Published: 01 May 2010
...–2006 [Leiden: Brill, 2008]), and a forthcoming study of Apatani ritual culture ( The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant and Ritual Sacrifice in the Apatani Valley [Leiden: Brill, 2010]). Blackburn's monograph paints a vivid portrait of a tribal group that few have studied since Verrier Elwin's folktale...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (2): 748–749.
Published: 01 May 2002
.... 15760), Ramachandra Guha faults G. S. Ghurye and M. N . Srinivas for brushing aside Verrier Elwin's defense of tribal ways of life. The present volume by Guha honors Srinivas's most prominent pupil, Andre Beteille. If one were to expect that Guha would pass his criticism of Ghurye and Srinivas down...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 27 (1): 160–161.
Published: 01 November 1967
... and culture, and then summarizes a principal Gond myth, that of Lingo Pen, as presented by various ethnographers working at different times and in different areas of the Gond region. These versions were collected by Hislop, Trench, Elwin, and Fiirer-Haimendorf. Professor Herrenschmidt's work therefore...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 26 (1): 100–101.
Published: 01 November 1966
... except one book by the late John F. Embree (Suyemura, A Japanese Village) and four books by Verrier Elwin on certain tribal peoples in India. For Japan I miss historical works such as Sansom, Reischauer and Bellah, or anthropological works by Norbeck, Smith, Cornell and Beardsley, not to mention the work...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 19 (4): 490–491.
Published: 01 August 1960
.... Mexico City STANLEY MARON India's North-East Frontier in the Nineteenth Century. Edited with an Introduction by VERRIER ELWIN. Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1959. xxxii, 473. Rs. 28. India's North-East Frontier is a fascinating ...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 30 (2): 481–482.
Published: 01 February 1971
... (compare the 1949 study by Suryyakumar Bhuyan of original sources and records on Early British Relations with Assam to 1858, unnoticed by Elwin). The book is loaded with obscure place names, but there is no glossary of synonyms, and no map save for an unfunctional one among the illustrations. Annotative...
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