In‐Situ Displacement: Institutional Practices and the Making of the Hindu Other

This paper introduces the concept of in‐situ displacement‐displacement without mobility‐as an analytic for understanding the place of Hindus in Muslim majority East Bengal, East Pakistan, and Bangladesh, a national formation that is best defined as one of a changing identification with Pakistan and...

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Published in:Journal of historical sociology 2021-06, Vol.34 (2), p.271-286
Main Author: Feldman, Shelley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Courts
Hindus
Judiciary
Law
Mobility
State formation
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Summary:This paper introduces the concept of in‐situ displacement‐displacement without mobility‐as an analytic for understanding the place of Hindus in Muslim majority East Bengal, East Pakistan, and Bangladesh, a national formation that is best defined as one of a changing identification with Pakistan and India, and, subsequently, as a sovereign country in South Asia. Elaborating the contributions of Corrigan and Sayer on state formation and law, the paper highlights the importance of the judiciary as constitutive of the meanings that attend to belonging in the body politic. Evidence for this argument comes from court cases in the Dacca Law Review.
ISSN:0952-1909
2832-5796
1467-6443
2832-580X
DOI:10.1111/johs.12328