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Agency and Knowledge in Northeast India: The Life and Landscapes of Dreams

Agency and Knowledge in Northeast India: The Life and Landscapes of Dreams

Michael Heneise
566 650 (13% off)
ISBN 13
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9780367147686
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2020
The Nagas of Northeast India give great importance to dreams as sources of divine knowledge, especially knowledge about the future. Although British colonialism, Christian missions, and political conflict have resulted in sweeping cultural and political transformations in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands, dream sharing and interpretation remain important avenues for negotiating everyday uncertainty and unpredictability.