| ID | 166633 |
| Title Proper | Between underground and over ground: narratives on the identity of women insurgents in Assam’ |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Deka, Dixita |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Assam Movement (1979–1985) has been a turning point in the politics of Assam in India that has raised the question of identity and at the same time triggered the struggle to self-determination by the insurgent organization United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This paper aims to take identity as the point of departure to mark the transition of women’s role from the Assam Movement into their underground roles in ULFA. In such narratives of hero-making and patriotism, under-representation of women’s strategic involvement and self-sacrifices in the insurgent outfit often leaves the lives of the women members misrepresented and fails to highlight the in-betweens of life and death. This paper pushes the idea of identity assertion in Northeast India beyond citizenship and questions the way women’s presence in the insurgent organization gets narrated, documented, and established. Oral histories are crucial sources of data for this study. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Ethnicity Vol. 20, No.4; Sep 2019: p. 469-485 |
| Journal Source | Asian Ethinicity Vol: 20 No 4 |
| Key Words | ULFA ; Identity ; Northeast India ; Oral History ; Women Insurgents |