Metaphors Of Gender In The Social Organisation Of The Khonds In Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

This research attempted to investigate the many interpretations of indigenism and tribe in India and the gender relations in these communities from a critical feminist lens under the framework of: i. What is indigenism in an Adivasi context and whether there are gendered spaces of negotiation that constitute egalitarianism and adivasi feminisms. ii. Whether nature as a pivot of engagement and knowledge in the production and reproduction discourse influences gender relations and egalitarian spaces within Adivasi society. iii. How and what forms of engagement with the dominant state have brought changes in adivasi gender relations. iv. What are the indigenous women s demands and voices on indigenous feminisms and indigenism in these transitions into post modern and neo-liberal contexts of development discourse and their linkages to Adivasi women s demands and perspectives. newline