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Sensitive Space : Fragmented Territory at the India-Bangladesh Border /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cons, Jason (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016.
Seattle : [2016]
Series:Global South Asia.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : transformations, exchanges, and sensitive space
  • Part one. Entering sensitive space. Introduction : the fragments and their nation(s)
  • Territorial anxieties : uncertain land, unstable territory, and unsettled rule at the border
  • Part two. Sensitive histories. Amplified territory : transforming the enclaves from "border problems" into "sensitive spaces"
  • Histories of belonging(s) : negotiating Dahagram's political community
  • Contesting boundaries, claiming territory : counter-narratives of belonging, identity, and power
  • Part three. Life and rule in a sensitive place. Territorial corrosion : boundary surveys, symbolic developments, and border management in sensitive space
  • Contingent terrain : conjuncture, movement, and agrarian change in Dahagram
  • Conclusion : whither sensitive space?