The Invention of the ‘Jummas’: State Formation and Ethnicity in Southeastern Bangladesh
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Modern Asian Studies
- Vol. 26 (1) , 95-128
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00015961
Abstract
This paper deals with socio-cultural innovation in the hills of southeastern Bangladesh. Outsiders have always been struck by the ethnic diversity of this area. The literature—written mainly by British civil servants, Bengali men of letters, and European anthropologists—presents a picture of twelve distinct ‘tribes’, all practising swidden or shifting agriculture, locally known asjhumcultivation. In addition, there are Bengali immigrants who do not engage in swidden cultivation.Keywords
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