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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Global South AsiaPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780295744247
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48 CON.S 23
LOC classification:
  • DS450.B3 C66 2016
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?
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Book Book Dept. of Political Science General Stacks Dept. of Political Science Non-fiction 303.48 CON.S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available POL22617

Includes bibliographical references (page 177-188) and index.

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?

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