Performing Identities

Introduction K.K. Chakravarty. 1. The Hyena Wears Darkness: Stories as Teaching Tools Pia Thielmann 2. Reading Folktales Juxtapositionally: Embedded Political Insights and Implied Social Value Systems in Two Traditional (Khoekhoe And Khasi) Narratives Annie Gagiano 3. Kissa â" Heer: A Gem of Oral Tradition Charu Chitra 4. Magical Rhythms: Psycho-Sexual and Religious Significance of Tribal Dance Mini John 5. Foregrounding the Margin: Socio-Cultural Gender-Friendly Traditions of the Lepchas of North-East India and the Igbos of South-East Nigeria Shreya Bhattacharji 6. Charting the Multiple Scripts Of Santali: Notes Towards a Visual History of Adivasi Languages and Literatures Nishaant Choksi 7. Translating Identity as Lexicon: P.O. Bodding and A Santal Dictionary Ivy Imogene Hansdak 8. Marginalised Music : A Case Study from Western Orissa/India Lidia Guzy 9. Storying Sovereignty and âSustainable Self-Determinationâ in Alexis Wrightâs Carpentaria and Warwick Thorntonâs Samson and Delilah Julie Mullaney 10. The Socio-Political Imperative of Festivals in a Contested Space: The Examples of the Okiroro (Awan-Okere) and Agbassa Idju Festivals of Warri, Nigeria Alero Uwawah and Israel Meriomame Wekpe 11. Ogoni Dances, Masquerades and Worldview Barine Saana Ngaage 12. âBlack Indianâ Women and Blood Rules: Gender, Mixed Race and Hyphenated Hybridities on the Margins of America Christine Vogt-William 13. Cultural Celebrations of Life: Rituals of a Hill Tribe Mohan Doss 14. The /Xam Narratives of the Bleek and Lloyd Collection: Are They Mythology and Do They Belong to the Nineteenth Century? Michael Wessels 15. Staging the Indian Reserve: Tomson Highwayâs The Rez Sisters C©cile Fouache 16. Indigenous Knowledge and Global Translation: Reconstruction of Australia through Aboriginal Imagination in Alexis Wrightâs Carpentaria Sei Kosugi 17. Contesting the Curative Space: The Politics of Healing in the Narratives of Abanyole Ethnomedical Practitioners Dishon G. Kweya 18. Conquering Adversity through Art: An Evaluation of Moranic Performances by the Maasai People of Kenya Joseph Muleka 19. Women and Indigenous Resistance: In Tess Onwuemeâs Tell It To Women and What Mama Said Maureen N. Eke 20. Tracing Post-Colonial Questions in Ancient Thought Karlheinz H¼lser