The Marginal Nation
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The Marginal Nation

Transborder Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Marginal Nation

Transborder Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal

About this book

The Marginal Nation analyses the realities of transborder migration in the South Asia region going beyond the domains of economics and demography. It provides an in-depth look into the historical, cultural and geographic dimensions of migration across the India–Bangladesh border that challenges fixed definitions of borders, nations and identities.

Drawing from extensive fieldwork, the author encapsulates the lives and aspirations of migrants exploring the social affinities and historical ties that bind people across territories and 'marginalises' national identity. The book chronicles the lived experiences of migrants and their everyday lives, conflicts and contradictions. It pits these narratives against 'national' concerns over security, statehood, and demarcated borders interrogating their immutability in the South Asian context. This revised edition reflects upon the significance and relevance of the book to migration and refugee studies in South Asia and beyond twenty-five years after it was first published.

A classic, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of political science, sociology, history, human rights studies, refugee studies, demography and South Asian studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of maps
  8. List of Tables
  9. Preface to the Second Edition
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 The World of the Edges
  13. 2 Legality, Illegality and Reasons of State
  14. 3 Those Accounts
  15. 4 Continuities, Discontinuities
  16. 5 A Hossain Mia of Today?
  17. 6 Caste and Other Affinal Ties
  18. 7 Cartographic Representations and Anxieties
  19. 8 Naturalization, Valorization
  20. 9 Proletarianization, Lumpenization and their Metaphors
  21. 10 Agrarian Impasse and the Making of an Immigrant Niche
  22. 11 A Village in Malda
  23. 12 Shefali
  24. 13 The Numbers Game
  25. 14 Twenty Years of The Marginal Nation: A Book Symposium
  26. References
  27. Index