Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingyas in Southern Asia

1. Front Matter

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2. Contextualizing Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingya: An Introduction

   • Nasreen Chowdhory, Biswajit Mohanty

   Pages 1-30

3. National Identity and Conceptualization of Nationalism Among Rohingya

   • Shamna Thacham Poyil

   Pages 31-50

4. The Unmaking of Citizenship of Rohingyas in Myanmar

   • Meghna Kajla, Nasreen Chowdhory

   Pages 51-70

5. The Politics of Marginalization and Statelessness of the Rohingyas in India

   • Kaveri

   Pages 71-95

6. Understanding Media Portrayal of Rohingya Refugees

   • Biswajit Mohanty

   Pages 97-111

7. Being Stateless and Surviving: The Rohingyas in Camps of Bangladesh

   • Sucharita Sengupta

   Pages 113-135

8. The Assimilation of Stateless Rohingyas in Bangladesh

   • Meherun Ahmed, Syeda Nafisa Nawal, Ugyen Samdrup Lhamo, Nhung Tuyet Bui

   Pages 137-154

9. Rohingya Refugees: Risks and Safety in Bangladesh

   • Shahana Afrose Chowdhury, Ayesha Tasnim Mostafa

   Pages 155-170

10. Women, Conflict and Conflict Reporting: The Deeply Gendered Discourse on the Rohingya Crisis in the News Websites in India

    • Ritambhara Malaviya

    Pages 171-188

11. Radio in the Lives of Rohingyas in Camps in Bangladesh

    • Mafia Mukta

    Pages 189-196

12. New Faces of Statelessness: The Rohingya Exodus and Remapping of Rights

    • Nergis Canefe

    Pages 197-215

13. Within a Legal Vacuum, Is Repatriation a Way Forward? Some Theoretical Reflections

    • Nasreen Chowdhory, Biswajit Mohanty

    Pages 217-232

14. Correction to: New Faces of Statelessness: The Rohingya Exodus and Remapping of Rights

    • Nergis Canefe

    Pages C1-C1

15. Back Matter

    Pages 233-235

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This book provides an in-depth investigation of citizenship and nationalism in connection with the Rohingya community. It analyses the processes of production of statelessness in South Asia in general, and with regard to the Rohingyas in particular. Following the persecution of the Rohingya community in Myanmar (Burma) by the military and the Buddhist militia, a host of texts, mostly descriptive, have examined the historical, political and cultural roots of the genocidal massacre and the flight of its victims to South Asia and South-East Asian countries. The UNHCR reports describe the plight of Rohingyas during and after their journey, while other works focus on the political-economic roots of this ethnic conflict and its consequences for the Rohingyas. To date, very few theoretical insights have been provided on the Rohingya issue. 

This book seeks to fill that gap, and explores a dialogue between the state and its citizens and non-citizens that results in theproduction of statelessness. In theoretical terms, the book addresses the construction of citizens and non-citizens on the part of the state, and the process of symbolic othering, achieved through various state practices couched in terms of nationalism. Extensive case studies from India, Myanmar and Bangladesh provide the foundation for a robust theoretical argument. 


Given its scope, the book will be of interest to students, academics and researchers with a focus on political economy in South Asia in general and/or refugee studies in particular.

• Ideas of Citizenship
• Varied notions of nationalism
• Contextualizing notions of refugeehood
• Narrative of Rohingyas
• religion and ethnicity discourses
• Ethnicity and nationalism
• structural violence
• State forms
• Statelessness
• lives in a state of precarity
• sociology of citizenship

• Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

  Nasreen Chowdhory

• Deshbhandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

  Biswajit Mohanty

Nasreen Chowdhory is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University. Some of her prominent works are “Refugees, Citizenship and Belonging in South Asia: Contested Terrains” (Springer 2018) and “Deterritorialised Identities and Transborder Movement in South Asia” (Springer 2019).
 
Biswajit Mohanty is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi. As a member of the CSDS-Lokniti network, he has contributed articles in journals like the Economic and Political Weekly, as well as numerous book chapters. His current research focus is on border and migration studies.

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