Screen LibraryLandscape and the Bengali diaspora : skilled Prabasi Bengali migration within and beyond India /
"Bengalis have been great travellers for centuries and are famous for recreating their way of life wherever they go. This book critically analyses skilled Bengali migration within and beyond India and looks at landscapes created by the Bengali diaspora beyond the terrain of their homeland, rang...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Bengalis have been great travellers for centuries and are famous for recreating their way of life wherever they go. This book critically analyses skilled Bengali migration within and beyond India and looks at landscapes created by the Bengali diaspora beyond the terrain of their homeland, ranging from those of nostalgia and imagination (Durga Puja/Saraswati Puja) to those of subjugation and loss of identity. This book demonstrates the relationship between landscape and diaspora in terms of perception, imagination, space and place, ethnicity, race, caste, and class. With case studies from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dehra Dun, Oxford, Aberdeen, New York, and the Bay Area (USA), it brings together themes like evolution of the Bengali diaspora, transnationalism and identity, stratification and segregation, urban social space, adaptation and assimilation, and questions of discrimination from other communities. Drawing on ethnographic accounts of over 300 skilled Bengalis, the book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of diaspora studies, urban studies, ethnic studies, migration studies, geography, sociology, history, and political studies"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 153 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages143-149) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781032017426 1032017422 9781032195766 1032195762 |
| Index Number: | JV8753 |
| CLC: | D735.438 |
| Call Number: | D735.438/C495 |