Gender and Migration in Labor History: as Replicated in the Folk Song of Purulia
Dr. Abhijit Sarkar, Associate Professor of History in WBES & OIC, Govt. General Degree College at Manbazar-II, Susunia, Purulia,W.B. Mobile: 9434112544/ Email: asarkar_dgc@yahoo.co.in (Abstract) Present paper seeks to understand the analytical component of gender and migration in labor history of colonial phase through the lenses of folk songs of Purulia, a district of West Bengal. How to connect gender with the study of labor history, would also to be discussed. Simultaneously, it is aiming to the study on oral tradition vis a vis folk song as a source of history. In a row the local history of a Bengal region with a sharp focus on socio-economic history, is to be judged through this multidisciplinary study. Keywords: Labor History, Migration, Purulia, Gender, Chotanagpur, Santhal Pargana, Manbhum, Bhumij Kol, Hill Collies, Chatichuti, Depoghar, Arkathi. Research Objectives: a. To understand the analytical component of gender and migration in labor history of colonial phase through the lenses of folk songs Read More …