عنوان

Citizen refugee :

(Number (ISBN

1108348556

(Number (ISBN

1108689396

(Number (ISBN

9781108348553

(Number (ISBN

9781108689397

Erroneous ISBN

1108425615

Erroneous ISBN

9781108425612

Erroneous ISBN

9781108441094

Title Proper

Citizen refugee :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

forging the Indian nation after partition /

First Statement of Responsibility

Uditi Sen, University of Nottingham

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY, USA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Unwanted citizens in a saturated state: towards a governmentality of rehabilitation -- Harnessed to national development: settlers, producers and agents of Hinduisation -- Exiles or settlers?: Caste, governance and identity in the Andaman Islands -- Unruly citizens: memory, identity and the anatomy of squatting in Calcutta -- Gendered belongings: state, social workers and the 'unattached' refugee woman

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This innovative study explores the interface between nation-building and refugee rehabilitation in post-partition India. Relying on archival records and oral histories, Uditi Sen analyses official policy towards Hindu refugees from eastern Pakistan to reveal a pan-Indian governmentality of rehabilitation. This governmentality emerged in the Andaman Islands, where Bengali refugees were recast as pioneering settlers. Not all refugees, however, were willing or able to live up to this top-down vision of productive citizenship. The reminiscences of refugees reveal divergent negotiations of rehabilitation 'from below'. Educated refugees from dominant castes mobilised their social and cultural capital to build urban 'squatters' colonies', while poor Dalit refugees had to perform the role of agricultural pioneers to access aid. Policies of rehabilitation marginalised single and widowed women by treating them as 'permanent liabilities'. These rich case studies dramatically expand our understanding of popular politics and everyday citizenship in post-partition India

Title

Citizen refugee.

International Standard Book Number

9781108425612

Citizenship-- India-- History-- 20th century.

Hindus-- India-- West Bengal-- History-- 20th century.

Refugees-- India-- West Bengal-- History-- 20th century.

Citizenship.

Hindus.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Politics and government.

Refugees.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.

India, History, Partition, 1947, Influence.

West Bengal (India), Politics and government, 20th century.

India, West Bengal.

India.

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SOC-- 020000

SOC-- 031000

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Sen, Uditi

Date of Transaction

20200822150900.0

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[Book]

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