1st Edition
A Bangladesh Reader Beyond Nation and State
SECTION 1: On the Question of Identity
1 Bangalee-Musalman: Configuration and Contestation of Identities
Sayeed Ferdous
2 The World of and Around Syed Waliullah’s Lal Salu
Parsa Sanjana Sajid
3 False Proximities
Seema Amin
SECTION 2: Negotiating Subjects and Social Contracts
4 Chukti: The Multiple Lives of a Contract in the Chilmari Chars
Saad Quasem
5 Engaging the Obhibhabok State: Petitions and Protests in the Chimbuk Pahar Resort Project
Hana Shams Ahmed
SECTION 3: Reconfiguring Space and Sociality
6 Creating the Incomprehensible “Us”: Architecture, Islam, Modernity, and Nation
Priyanka Hutschenreiter and Sadia Rahman
7 Shattered Sacred, Wounded Lives: Destruction of Religious Spaces in Ramu, Bangladesh
Aanmona Priyadarshini
8 Waiting Room: Worlds Within Worlds
Sadaf Noor E Islam
SECTION 4: Continuous Movements, Discontinuous Struggles
9 Climate, Energy, and the Paradox of Bangladesh’s Futures
Dilshanie Perera
10 Identity War, Women’s Appearance and the Shahbag Movement
Nasrin Khandoker
11 “All the Fingers Are Not Equal”: Sexual Violence in the Making of Masculinity Among the Workers of Buses Around Dhaka
Mirza Taslima Sultana
Appendix I Sample Char Chukti Discussed in Chapter 4
Appendix II Translation and Transliteration of Appendix I Discussed in Chapter 4
Appendix III Brief Information About the Patients and Relatives Mentioned in Chapter 8
Appendix IV Description of Services Provided by the Three Hospitals Studied in Chapter 8
Index
Biography
Mirza Taslima Sultana is working in the Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
Parsa Sanjana Sajid is a researcher, writer, and cultural practitioner working at the intersection of digital, visual, and literary cultures; social spaces and movements; migration practices; and gender justice.
Sayeed Ferdous has taught anthropology at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, since 1995.
