Erin P. Riggs

A Contemporary Archaeology of Post-Displacement Resettlement (eBook, ePUB)

Delhi's 1947 Partition Refugee Homescapes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the archaeology of the 1947 Partition, the largest mass migration in human history, and the resulting resettlement of half a million refugees in Delhi, India's capital city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003861829
• Artikelnr.: 70258031

Autorenporträt

Erin P. Riggs is an assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a contemporary and historical archaeologist, and her research interests include welfare state initiatives, material culture, built landscapes, national belonging, and displacement in the recent past.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A City of Refugees
Section 1: Built Landscapes of Resettlement
2. The Reuse of a Colonial Capital as Refugee Resource
3. The Government Refugee Colony and Dreams of Egalitarianism-cum-Enterprise
Section 2: People's Perceptions of Place
4. Refugees and Evacuee Properties: Mitigating Memories and Meanings in Reused Out-Migrant Homes
5. Refugees and Government Colonies: Exercising Autonomy in Allotted Space
6. Those Who Build Nations: Belonging as Lived and Malleable