Titel
Loyalty, resistance, subalterneity: a history of Limbu ‘participation’ in Sikkim
Autor*in
Buddhi L. Khamdhak
Department of Limboo, Sikkim Government College
Abstract
This paper explores the process of construction of the interconnection between ethnicity, indigeneity, and political participation in Sikkim concerning the Limbu ethnic community. It firstly discusses Limbu associations’ claims for the reservation of seats for the Limbu community in the state legislative assembly, following the recognition of the group as a Scheduled Tribe in 2003. From this point on, the paper goes further back in time, and, based on archival documents, shows that the view of the lack of political representation of the Limbu as a result of ethnic discrimination is grounded in a ‘uncertain’ membership, which has historical roots dating back to the foundation of the kingdom. It shows that the troubled relations between the Limbu and the leading power in Sikkim in the early days of the kingdom long continued to inform their subaltern form of political membership.
Stichwort
Limbupolitical participationsocial stratificationresistanceloyalty
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2094430
Erschienen in
Titel
Asian Ethnicity
Band
22
Ausgabe
2
ISSN
1463-1369
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Seitenanfang
235
Seitenende
253
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Fördergeber
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
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