caa a22 4500 445846119 CHVBK 20180317145359.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10624-010-9206-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10624-010-9206-6 Steur Luisa Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Nador u. 9, 1051, Budapest, Hungary aut Adivasis, Communists, and the rise of indigenism in Kerala [Elektronische Daten] [Luisa Steur] Although the notion of the ‘adivasi' has come under academic scrutiny and the ‘dark side' of indigeneity discourses is increasingly criticized, there has been relatively little attention to the question of why, under adverse circumstances, activists have nevertheless started articulating their political program in the language of adivasi-ness while surpassing the particularistic politics of earlier tribal movements. Explaining the emergence of indigenist politics as a new democratic force is all the more pertinent for the case of Kerala since this state has the Communist movement as an obvious alternative for the articulation of such a transformative political agenda. This article therefore seeks to explore the forces that gave rise to the politics of indigenism. It begins with a discussion of shifts in the structural power context shaping subaltern activism in Kerala—particularly the impact of neoliberal restructuring and the new ideological environment created with the demise of the Communist block. The paper then moves to consider the political dynamics operating within this structural context that led indigenist activists to form a separate political movement. It looks particularly at the sense of both ideological and material disillusionment these activists feel toward the Communist party in Kerala. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Dialectical Anthropology Springer Netherlands 35/1(2011-03-01), 59-76 0304-4092 35:1<59 2011 35 10624 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-010-9206-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-010-9206-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Steur Luisa Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Nador u. 9, 1051, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Dialectical Anthropology Springer Netherlands 35/1(2011-03-01), 59-76 0304-4092 35:1<59 2011 35 10624 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer