| ID | 190426 |
| Title Proper | Rebuffing Bengali dominance |
| Other Title Information | postcolonial India and Bangladesh |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | van Schendel, Willem |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A vast literature analyzes how Bengali identities developed in colonial India. This article steps away from both celebratory approaches and a focus on the colonial period. Instead, it explores how non-Bengalis increasingly challenged Bengali superiority in more recent times. As the colonial incarnation of a genteel Bengaliness lost its bearings and split into competing territorial manifestations in East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) and India, it encountered rising hostility and developed both assertive and timid configurations. This article offers an exploratory overview of how various groups of non-Bengalis have been rebuffing Bengali dominance by means of cultural distancing, graphic resistance, the ideology of indigeneity, insurgency, and the legal and military force of postcolonial states. |
| `In' analytical Note | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 55, No.1; Mar 2023: p.105-135 |
| Journal Source | Critical Asian Studies 2023-03 55, 1 |
| Key Words | Language ; India ; Bangladesh ; Myanmar ; Bengal ; Indigeneity ; Identity Politic ; Bengaliness ; Script |