Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
	The book structure
		Chapter 1 . A gender analysis of development-induced displacement
		Chapter 2 . Reinventing narratives of displacement: Methodological considerations
		Chapter 3 . The context of Meghalaya
		Chapter 4 . Gender, mining, and matriliny in the Jaintia Hills
		Chapter 5 . “Growing up in a mining area”: Gendering labour, leisure, and mobility
		Chapter 6 . Intimacies and violence in the mines
		Chapter 7 . Gendering love, marriage, and reproductive health: The question of continuity and change
Chapter 1: A gender analysis of development-induced displacement
	Mining-induced displacement: The magnitude
	Gender and mining
		Impacts of mining on women
		Impact of mining on gender relationship
	Gender- and development-induced displacement
		Resettlement literature in DID
		Displacement as a development crisis
		Gender critique of the DID literature
	Modernisation, eurocentrism, and the weakness of the DID literature
	Indigenous people as the subjects of analysis
	A framework for investigating the changing gender relations in DID
	Notes
Chapter 2: Reinventing narratives of displacement: Methodological considerations
	Selection of case study
		Why life narratives
		Memory
	Data collection
		Selection of interviewees
	Fieldwork
	Ethical issues
	Limitations of the research
		Language
		Accounts of daily-ness
		Volatile situation in Meghalaya
	Notes
Chapter 3: The context of Meghalaya
	The history of state formation in Meghalaya
	The Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya
	Migration, ethnicity, and conflict in Meghalaya
		Migration from Nepal to Meghalaya
		Migration from Bangladesh to Meghalaya
	Christianisation in Meghalaya
	Meghalaya and matriliny
		Matrilineal system in Meghalaya
	Coal mining in Meghalaya
		Legalities of coal mining in Meghalaya
	Notes
Chapter 4: Gender, mining, and matriliny in the Jaintia hills
	Men’s negative perception on matriliny
	Elite male support for matriliny
	Conservative masculinity and the problem of external threats
	Women’s voices of resistance
	Displacement, mining, and matriliny
	Notes
Chapter 5: “Growing up in a mining area”: Gendering labour, leisure, and mobility
	The changing land relations and mining in Meghalaya
	Changing materiality and land ownership
	Occupational shifts
		Farming and orange
		Fishing and smoked fish
		Livestock
	Leisure, labour, and mobility
		Women in mining work
	Labour, mobility, and vision of the younger generations
	Notes
Chapter 6: Intimacies and violence in the mines
	The context
	Domestic violence
		The migrant versus the tribal husband
	Sex work, sexual moralities, and mining in Meghalaya
		Changing sexual moralities
	Notes
Chapter 7: Gendering love, marriage, and reproductive health: The question of continuity and change
	Love, marriage, and divorce in the past
		Role of religion across generations
	Love, marriage, and divorce in contemporary times
	Marriage registration
	Reproductive health across generations
		Stigma on abortion and contraception
		Sexuality, responsibility, and silence
	Notes
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Bibliography
	Appendix A
Photographs
Index