ISBN:
9781315660066
,
9781317335917
,
9781317335924
,
9781317335931
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary South Asia series 102
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary South Asia series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.095414
Keywords:
Bengali (South Asian people) Migrations
;
Muslims Migrations
;
Bengali (South Asian people) Social conditions
;
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Bengali (South Asian people) Ethnic identity
;
Bengali (South Asian people) Interviews
;
Bengali (South Asian people) ; Migrations
;
Muslims ; Migrations
;
Bengali (South Asian people) ; Social conditions
;
Immigrants ; Social conditions
;
Bengali (South Asian people) ; Ethnic identity
;
Bengali (South Asian people) ; Interviews
;
Bengal (India) ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Great Britain ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Bengal (India) Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Ganges River Delta (Bangladesh and India) Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Great Britain Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-279) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781315660066
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