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010 $a 2015022409
020 $a9780415530736 (hardback)
020 $z9781315660066 (ebook)
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050 00 $aDS432.B4$bA43 2016
082 00 $a306.0954/14$223
100 1 $aAlexander, Claire E.
245 14 $aThe Bengal diaspora :$brethinking Muslim migration /$cClaire Alexander, Joya Chatterji, and Annu Jalais.
263 $a1512
264 1 $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :$bRoutledge,$c2016.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series;$v102
520 2 $a"India's partition in 1947 and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 saw the displacement and resettling of millions of Muslims and Hindus, resulting in profound transformations across the region. A third of the region's population sought shelter across new borders, almost all of them resettling in the Bengal delta itself. A similar number were internally displaced, while others moved to the Middle East, North America and Europe. 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. Focussing on migration and diaspora 'from below', it teases out fascinating 'hidden' migrant stories, including those of women, refugees, and displaced people. It reveals surprising similarities, and important differences, in the experience of Muslim migrants in widely different contexts and places, whether in the towns and hamlets of Bengal delta, or in the cities of Britain. Counter-posing accounts of the structures that frame migration with the textures of how migrants shape their own movement, it examines what it means to make new homes in a context of diaspora. The book is also unique in its focus on the experiences of those who stayed behind, and in its analysis of ruptures in the migration process. Importantly, the book seeks to challenge crude attitudes to 'Muslim' migrants, which assume their cultural and religious homogeneity, and to humanize contemporary discourses around global migration"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPre-histories of mobility and immobility : the Bengal Delta and the "Eastern Zone," 1857-1947 -- Dispositions and destinations in the Bengal Muslim diaspora, 1947-2007 -- Belonging, status, and religion : migrants on the "peripheries" -- Making home : claiming and contesting diasporic space in Britain -- "Always/already migrants" : brides, marriage, and migration -- Building a tazia, becoming a paik : "Bihari" identity amid a hostile Bengali universe -- Rituals of diaspora : the Shahid Minar and the struggle for diasporic space -- Narrating diaspora : community histories and the politics of assimilation -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Shamsul Huq's family tree.
650 0 $aBengali (South Asian people)$xMigrations.
650 0 $aMuslims$xMigrations.
650 0 $aBengali (South Asian people)$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aImmigrants$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aBengali (South Asian people)$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aBengali (South Asian people)$vInterviews.
651 0 $aBengal (India)$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects.
651 0 $aGanges River Delta (Bangladesh and India)$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects.
700 1 $aChatterji, Joya.
700 1 $aJalais, Annu.