The thesis aims to analyze the movements of women belonging to Adivasi communities of eastern India from the 1980s to the present day. It focuses on the Oraons, Mundas, Santals and Hos, the major Adivasi communities in erstwhile southern Bihar and contemporary Jharkhand. It draws attention to various types of movements led by Adivasi women, i.e. movements against gender-based discrimination, ‘feminist’ movements, environmental movements, social, cultural and legal advocacy and movements against displacement. The analysis is developed on two levels: on the one hand, Adivasi women's leadership and their strategies to promote women's rights; on the other, community-level empowerment initiatives, including women’s economic collectives and participation in local governance. Finally, the research explores collective memory and Adivasi women's claim to historical space, particularly through the valorization of female heroic figures involved in colonial-era rebellions. The study contributes to the broader debate on Indigenous feminisms and the political subjectivities of Indigenous women in the global context.
La tesi analizza i movimenti delle donne appartenenti alle comunità Adivasi dell’India orientale, dal periodo degli anni ’80 fino a oggi, con un focus particolare sulle comunità Oraon, Munda, Santal e Ho, presenti nell’ex Bihar meridionale e nell’attuale Jharkhand. Il lavoro di ricerca prende in esame diverse tipologie di mobilitazione femminile: dalla lotta contro la discriminazione di genere ai movimenti “femministi”, dai movimenti ambientalisti e contro gli sfollamenti, fino ad azioni di advocacy sociale, culturale e legale. L’analisi si sviluppa su due livelli: da un lato la leadership femminile Adivasi e le sue strategie per promuovere i diritti delle donne, dall’altro le attività di empowerment promosse a livello comunitario, anche attraverso collettivi economici femminili e la partecipazione alla governance locale. Infine, la ricerca esplora la memoria collettiva e la rivendicazione di uno spazio nella storia da parte delle donne Adivasi, in particolare attraverso la valorizzazione di figure eroiche femminili delle ribellioni dell'epoca coloniale. Lo studio si inserisce nel dibattito sui femminismi indigeni e sulle soggettività politiche femminili indigene a livello globale.
Adivasi women’s movements in eastern India: south Bihar and Jharkhand since the 1980s
PROIETTI, MARILENA
2025
Abstract
The thesis aims to analyze the movements of women belonging to Adivasi communities of eastern India from the 1980s to the present day. It focuses on the Oraons, Mundas, Santals and Hos, the major Adivasi communities in erstwhile southern Bihar and contemporary Jharkhand. It draws attention to various types of movements led by Adivasi women, i.e. movements against gender-based discrimination, ‘feminist’ movements, environmental movements, social, cultural and legal advocacy and movements against displacement. The analysis is developed on two levels: on the one hand, Adivasi women's leadership and their strategies to promote women's rights; on the other, community-level empowerment initiatives, including women’s economic collectives and participation in local governance. Finally, the research explores collective memory and Adivasi women's claim to historical space, particularly through the valorization of female heroic figures involved in colonial-era rebellions. The study contributes to the broader debate on Indigenous feminisms and the political subjectivities of Indigenous women in the global context.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/212639
URN:NBN:IT:UNIROMA1-212639