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- New Histories of the Andaman Islands
- Frontispiece
- New Histories of the Andaman Islands
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Glossary
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Contentious landscapes
- Part II Affective landscapes
- 5 The Andaman local born: history, identity and convict descent
- 6 Dwelling in fluid spaces: the Matuas of the Andaman Islands
- 7 In pursuit of fireflies: the poetics and politics of ‘lightscapes’ in the Jarawa forests
- Part III Imagined landscapes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Dwelling in fluid spaces: the Matuas of the Andaman Islands
from Part II - Affective landscapes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
- New Histories of the Andaman Islands
- Frontispiece
- New Histories of the Andaman Islands
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Glossary
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Contentious landscapes
- Part II Affective landscapes
- 5 The Andaman local born: history, identity and convict descent
- 6 Dwelling in fluid spaces: the Matuas of the Andaman Islands
- 7 In pursuit of fireflies: the poetics and politics of ‘lightscapes’ in the Jarawa forests
- Part III Imagined landscapes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- New Histories of the Andaman IslandsLandscape, Place and Identity in the Bay of Bengal, 1790–2012, pp. 170 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016