| Autor: |
Rath, Manoranjan, Das, Pramod Kumar |
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IUP Journal of English Studies; Mar2023, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p103-114, 12p |
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Colonial rulers have always presented the indigenous people in a derogatory manner all over the world. Their civilizing mission got a fertile platform in the form of adivasis. In Odisha, colonial ethnographers started writing about the adivasis during the nineteenth century. Their understanding of the adivasis was based on their justification of the subjugation. So the colonial writers presented the dirty world of the forest people magnifying all their vices. The adivasis were presented as different from the mainstream society; they were presented as violent and merciless killers. The objective was to magnify the vices of the adivasis and thus boost their own evangelical mission. The paper explores the way colonial writers have portrayed adivasis of Odisha in the nineteenth century. They have used their divisive tactics to create a rift between the adivasis and the mainstream society. To prove these points, a few pieces of writings of the century have been taken as examples. It was a pity that the people of Odisha at that time depended heavily on these colonial presentations, instead of trying to get close to their own people. With the emergence of a reading class and the public sphere in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Odisha, Odia writers started writing about adivasis, though quoting the colonial writers extensively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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