Marginal Nation - Transborder Migration From Bangladesh to West Bengal

The Marginal Nation analyses the realities of transborder migration in the South Asia region going beyond the domains of economics and demography. It provides an in-depth look into various dimensions of migration across the India-Bangladesh border that challenges fixed definitions of borders, nations and identities.

List of contents

Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction. 1. The World of the Edges 2. Legality, Illegality and Reasons of State 3. Those Accounts 4. Continuities, Discontinuities 5. A Hossain Mia of Today? 6. Caste and Other Affinal Ties 7. Cartographic Representations and Anxieties 8. Naturalization, Valorization 9. Proletarianization, Lumpenization and their Methaphors 10. Agrarian Impasse and the Making of an Immigrant Niche 11. A Village in Malda 12. Shefali 13. The Numbers Game Postscript

About the author

Ranabir Samaddar is currently the Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies at the Calcutta Research Group and Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). He belongs to the critical school of thinking and is considered as one of the foremost theorists in the field of migration and forced migration studies. His writings on migration, forms of labour, urbanisation, and political struggles have signaled a new turn in post-colonial thinking. Among his popular work are Karl Marx and the Postcolonial Age (2018), Migrants and the Neoliberal City (2018), The Postcolonial Age of Migration (2020), A Pandemic and the Politics of Life (2021), Imprints of the Populist Time (2022), Alternative Futures and the Present: Postcolonial Possibilities (2023).

Summary

The Marginal Nation analyses the realities of transborder migration in the South Asia region going beyond the domains of economics and demography. It provides an in-depth look into various dimensions of migration across the India–Bangladesh border that challenges fixed definitions of borders, nations and identities.

Product details

• Authors: Ranabir Samaddar, Samaddar Ranabir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032905358
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290535-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, International Relations, India, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Population & demography, Population and Demography