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Bengal Border Revisited

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This article deals with the notion of how borders have a penchant for becoming a marker of security. The moment borders become securitized the question of flows across them acquires particular importance. In the colonial period this was marked by concern over dacoits, thugees and hooligans who crossed the district border at will. In the post-colonial period concern remains over undocumented migrants and whether their arrival threatens the nation form. Against this background the article addresses the notion of flows and increasing violence at the borders, fencing as the most recent marker of such violence and how women and the evolution of their relationship to the border is shaped through the discourses of violence.

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  • Paula Banerjee, 2012. "Bengal Border Revisited," Journal of Borderlands Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 31-44.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjbsxx:v:27:y:2012:i:1:p:31-44
    DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2012.687208
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    1. Anamika Roy, 2023. "Women, Marriage and Migration in the Bangladeshi Enclaves in the India–Bangladesh Borderland," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 79(1), pages 93-108, March.

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