Citizenship in Contemporary Times

The Indian Context
Herausgeber: Chakraborty, Gorky

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Produktbeschreibung

This book engages with evolving definitions of borders and citizenship in the public discourse in the South Asia region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781032347127
• ISBN-10: 1032347120
• Artikelnr.: 65614004

Autorenporträt

Gorky Chakraborty is Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), India. His research is primarily focused on development-related issues in North-East India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Introduction 1: The
'Outsider' Within: Emerging Politics of Citizenship in India II.
Statelessness: Emotions and Anxieties 2: Citizenship Question in
Transnational Context: Literary Perspectives 3: Cities of Refuge, Republics
of Char: Stateless in South Asia 4: Miya Poetry: Poetics, Politics and
Polemics III. Persistent Fault Lines: The Unique Case of Assam 5:
Post-Colonial Modes of Nation Making: The Politics of Disowning Citizens 6
: Legislating Anxiety: The History of Citizenship Conundrum in
Post-colonial Assam 7: Citizenship in the Fabric of Hindu Nationalism in
Assam 8: From 'Filthy Migrants' to Khilonjiya Musalmaan: The Saga of
Citizenship Question in Assam IV. Tracing Lived Experiences: The Curious
Case of West Bengal 9: Disaggregating the "Anti-Immigrant Consensus":
Party-Community Relations and the Politics of Citizenship in Contemporary
West Bengal 10: Muslims Between Citizenship and Media Bias: Insights From
Anti-CAA Protest Sites 11:'Rights', 'Lived Worlds' and Citizenship: The
Case of Kolkata's Muslims V. The Citizenship Question: Borders and
Border-Crossings 12: 'To Be or Not to Be': Tibetans and the Question of
Citizenship 13: Citizenship Dilemmas of the Nepalis(ese) of Darjeeling
Hills and Beyond 14: Border and Belonging: Historicizing the Question of
Indigeneity and Citizenship in Manipur 15: Between Legality and Illegality:
Citizenship and the Chakmas in North-East India. Index.