Identity and experience at the India-Bangladesh border : the crisis of belonging / Debdatta Chowdhury.

"The effects of the partition of India in 1947 have been more far-reaching and complex than the existing partition narratives of violence and separation reveal. The immediacy of the movement of refugees between India and the newly-formed state of Pakistan overshadowed the actual effect of the d...

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Main Author: Chowdhury, Debdatta (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Series:Routledge studies in Asian diasporas, migrations, and mobilities.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • chapter 2 Livelihood practices: legal, illegal and the grey-zone in between
  • chapter 3 Spatial disparities: enclaves, Chars and disputed territories
  • chapter 4 Ethno-cultural concerns: appropriation of marginal spaces
  • chapter 5 Gendered practices: perpetrators, victims, accomplices
  • chapter 6 Conclusion.