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Subjectivity and citizenship: Intersections of space, place and identity among the Urdu-speaking minority in Bangladesh

Redclift, VM; (2011) Subjectivity and citizenship: Intersections of space, place and identity among the Urdu-speaking minority in Bangladesh. Journal of International Migration and Integration , 12 (1) pp. 25-42. 10.1007/s12134-010-0163-3. Green open access

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Abstract

The paper examines understandings of citizenship and ethnic identification among the ‘Urdu-speaking linguistic minority’ in Bangladesh, addressing three key areas of debate. Firstly, it explores the relationship between the material institution of citizenship and conditions of (physical) integration/segregation. Secondly, it attempts to unpick the intimate connection between that material institution and the ethnic and national identities of individuals. Finally, it investigates a dissonance discovered between the bureaucratic state recognition of citizenship and imaginations of that status among interviewees, the ‘identities of citizenship’ occupied at the local level. The paper demonstrates the significance of subject positionality, economies of power and the ‘dialogic’ nature of ethnic identity formation, and discusses the complex emotional ordering of belonging they collectively construct.

Type: Article
Title: Subjectivity and citizenship: Intersections of space, place and identity among the Urdu-speaking minority in Bangladesh
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-010-0163-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-010-0163-3
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Identity, Ethnicity, Integration, Citizenship, Intersectionality, Bangladesh
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057584
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