| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Asian borderlands ; 7 |
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Asian borderlands ; 7.
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| Contents |
Introduction. The global transformation of borders and mobility -- Section I. Experiencing borders in South Asia -- Spaces of refusal : rethinking sovereign power and resistance at the border -- Border layers : formal and informal markets along the India-Bangladesh border -- Experiencing the border : the Lushai people and transnational space -- Section II. Mobility in and beyond South Asia -- Of insiders, outsiders, and infiltrators : the politics of citizenship and inclusion in contemporary South Asia -- Renegotiating boundaries : exploring the lives of undocumented Bangladeshi women workers in India -- 'The immoral traffic in women' : regulating Indian emigration to the Persian Gulf -- The journey to Europe : a young Afghan's experience on the migrant route -- Hardening regional borders : changes in mobility from South Asia to the European Union -- Section III. Representations of borders and mobility in diaspora -- The borders of integration : paperwork between Bangladesh and Belgium -- Disordering history and collective memory in Gunvantrai Acharya's Dariyalal -- Fragmented lives : locating 'home' in the poems of Sudesh Mishra -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The world is experiencing one of the largest movements of people in history with 65 million people displaced by conflict in 2015, the majority of which were from Asia. This book brings a deep engagement with individuals whose lives are shaped by encounters with borders by telling the stories of a poor Bangladeshi women who regularly crosses the India border to visit family, of Muslims from India living in Gulf countries for work, and the harrowing journey of a young Afghan man as he sets off on foot to Germany. The international and interdisciplinary work in this book contributes to this moment by analyzing how borders are experienced by migrants and borderlanders in South Asia, how mobility and diaspora are engaged in literature and media, and how the lives of migrants are transformed during their journey to new homes in South Asia, the Middle East, North America, and Europe |
| Analysis |
Borders, Mobility, South Asia, Diaspora, Migration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Borderlands -- South Asia
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South Asian diaspora.
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South Asians -- Foreign countries
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Boundaries.
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Emigration and Immigration
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boundaries.
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Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Borderlands
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Boundaries
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Emigration and immigration
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South Asian diaspora
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South Asia -- Boundaries
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South Asia -- Emigration and immigration
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South Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ferdoush, Md. Azmeary, editor.
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Jones, Reece, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020718706 |
| ISBN |
9789048535224 |
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9048535220 |
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