The Indigenous Historical Trauma of Naga Society and Its Musical Manifestations

Christian Poske

doi:10.4312/mz.60.2.81-108

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Christian Poske University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria

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https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.60.2.81-108

Keywords:

Nagaland, Indigenous communities, historical trauma, colonial trauma, music and conflict

Abstract

Drawing on theories of historical trauma and colonial trauma, this article discusses the cumulative impact of colonial and postcolonial conflict, Christian proselytization, and Westernization on the societies, cultures, and songs of the Nagas, a South Asian ethnic minority inhabiting parts of northeast India and northern Myanmar.

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