Dilemmas of Diaspora

Partition, Refugees, and the Politics of “Home”

Bibliographic Data

ID11404652
AuthorsPablo S Bose (0000-0002-8727-8667, York University, corresponding author), Pablo Bose
Year2006
Pages58-68
Publication date2006-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRefuge Canada s Journal on Refuge (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0229-5113 • E-ISSN: 1920-7336
PublisherYork University Libraries (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.25071/1920-7336.21344
OpenAlexW1539449259
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

The following paper explores the idea of “refugee diasporas” by focusing on a case study of the Hindu Bengali exodus from East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) following the 1947 British Partition of India. The author begins by problematizing and historicizing definitions of diasporas in general and refugee diasporas in particular and then uses the case study to illustrate the diversity in experiences that different groups that emerged from the Partition encountered. This focus on the lived experiences of flight, resettlement, integration (or lack thereof), and the rebuilding of lives helps to unravel some of the embedded and obscured meanings that terms such as “refugee diaspora” might otherwise contain

Bengali · Diaspora · Hinduism · Linguistics · Partition (number theory · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Mathematics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Religious studies · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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