Refugees, Borders and Identities: Rights and Habitat in East and Northeast India

Synopsis

This book examines the impact of Partition on refugees in East and Northeast India and their struggle for identity, space and political rights. In the wake of the legalisation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019, this region remains a hotbed of identity and refugee politics. Drawing on extensive research and in-depth fieldwork, this book discusses themes of displacement, rehabilitation, discrimination and politicisation of refugees that preceded and followed the Partition of India in 1947. It portrays the crises experienced by refugees in recreating the socio-cultural milieu of the lost motherland and the consequent loss of their linguistic, cultural, economic and ethnic identities. The author also studies how the presence of the refugees shaped the conduct of politics in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura in the decades following Partition. Refugees, Borders and Identities will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of refugee studies, border studies, South Asian history, migration studies, Partition studies, sociology, anthropology, political studies, international relations and refugee studies, and for general readers of modern Indian history.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

310 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000165227

Related ISBNs:

9780429317620, 9780367322663, 9780367322663, 9780367322656, 9780367322656

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/07/20

Copyrighted By:

Anindita Ghoshal, The right of Anindita Ghoshal to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government

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