Using a creative interdisciplinary approach combining historical, sociological and anthropological approaches to migration and diaspora this book explores the experiences of Bengali Muslim migrants through this period of upheaval and transformation. It draws on over 200 interviews conducted in Britain, India, and Bangladesh, tracing migration and settlement within, and from, the Bengal delta region in the period after 1947. This ground-breaking new research offers an essential contribution to the field of South Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Society and Culture Studies.
Using a creative interdisciplinary approach combining historical, sociological and anthropological approaches to migration and diaspora this book explores the experiences of Bengali Muslim migrants through this period of upheaval and transformation. It draws on over 200 interviews conducted in Britain, India, and Bangladesh, tracing migration and settlement within, and from, the Bengal delta region in the period after 1947. This ground-breaking new research offers an essential contribution to the field of South Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Society and Culture Studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Claire Alexander is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. Her publications include The Art of Being Black (1996) and The Asian Gang (2000). Joya Chatterji is Professor of South Asian History at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her publications include Bengal Divided (1995) and The Spoils of Partition (2007), and she is the co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora (2014). Annu Jalais is Assistant Professor of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Her publications include Forest of Tigers (2010).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Pre-histories of Mobility and Immobility: The Bengal delta and the 'eastern zone', 1857-1947 2. Dispositions and Destinations in the Bengal Muslim Diaspora, 1947-2007 3. Belonging, Status, and Religion: Migrants on the 'peripheries' 4. Making Home: Claiming and contesting diasporic space in Britain 5. 'Always/already migrants': Brides, marriage, and migration 6. Building a tazia, Becoming a paik: 'Bihari' identity amid a hostile Bengali universe 7. Rituals of Diaspora: The Shahid Minar and the struggle for diasporic space 8. Narrating Diaspora: Community histories and the politics of assimilation. Conclusion
Introduction 1. Pre-histories of Mobility and Immobility: The Bengal delta and the 'eastern zone', 1857-1947 2. Dispositions and Destinations in the Bengal Muslim Diaspora, 1947-2007 3. Belonging, Status, and Religion: Migrants on the 'peripheries' 4. Making Home: Claiming and contesting diasporic space in Britain 5. 'Always/already migrants': Brides, marriage, and migration 6. Building a tazia, Becoming a paik: 'Bihari' identity amid a hostile Bengali universe 7. Rituals of Diaspora: The Shahid Minar and the struggle for diasporic space 8. Narrating Diaspora: Community histories and the politics of assimilation. Conclusion
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