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Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh
written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of...
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written by Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury; edited by Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958- (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 265 page(s)
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Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of an overriding anxiety of exhaustion, there are a few important caveats to the familiar feelings of despair—a growing economy, and an...
Few places are as politically precarious as Bangladesh, even fewer as crowded. Its 57,000 or so square miles are some of the world's most inhabited. Often described as a definitive case of the bankruptcy of postcolonial governance, it is also one of the poorest among the most densely populated nations. In spite of an overriding anxiety of exhaustion, there are a few important caveats to the familiar feelings of despair—a growing economy, and an uneven, yet robust, nationalist sentiment—which, together, generate revealing paradoxes. In this book, Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury offers insight into what she calls "the paradoxes of the popular," or the constitutive contradictions of popular politics. The focus here is on mass protests, long considered the primary medium of meaningful change in this part of the world. Chowdhury writes provocatively about political life in Bangladesh in a rich ethnography that studies some of the most consequential protests of the last decade, spanning both rural and urban Bangladesh. By making the crowd its starting point and analytical locus, this book tacks between multiple sites of public political gatherings and pays attention to the ephemeral and often accidental configurations of the crowd. Ultimately, Chowdhury makes an original case for the crowd as a defining feature and a foundational force of democratic practices in South Asia and beyond.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Book
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Thomas Blom Hansen, 1958-
Author / Creator
Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Democracy, Political demonstrations, Politics & Policy, Sociology
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Copyright © 2019 Stanford University Press
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Slave Trade and the Economic Development of 18th-Century Lancaster
written by Melinda Elder, fl. 1992 (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2013, originally published 1992), 233 page(s)
This book looks a the role of the slave trade in the economic development of 18th-Century Lancaster.
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written by Melinda Elder, fl. 1992 (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2013, originally published 1992), 233 page(s)
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This book looks a the role of the slave trade in the economic development of 18th-Century Lancaster.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Melinda Elder, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992, 2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Topic / Theme
Trade and Human Rights, Slave trade, History, Human Rights, Social Justice, and Ethical Consumption, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 1992. Edinburgh University Press
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Spinsters, Widows and Chars: The Ageing Woman in British Film
written by Claire Mortimer, fl. 2021 (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2021, originally published 2021), 242 page(s)
Actresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present day. Arguing t...
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written by Claire Mortimer, fl. 2021 (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2021, originally published 2021), 242 page(s)
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Actresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present day. Arguing that the prevalence of various iterations of the character actress is essential in understanding the nature of British cinema, specifica...
Actresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present day. Arguing that the prevalence of various iterations of the character actress is essential in understanding the nature of British cinema, specifically in how it has developed to define itself against Hollywood, employing archetypes which draw on well-established mythologies regarding ageing femininities. The book centres on the analysis of a broad range of films, such as Blithe Spirit (1945), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), as well as the work of selected actresses, considering them within the context of the broader historical factors which impacted on ageing femininities, including the Second World War, the post-war settlement, the Welfare State, and the implications for the women’s movement as a whole.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Claire Mortimer, fl. 2021
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Person Discussed
Sybil Thorndike, 1882-1976, Cicely Courtneidge, Dame Maggie Smith, 1934-
Topic / Theme
Women and Trade, Aging, Stereotypes, Women, Film and films, The Arts, Human Rights, Social Justice, and Ethical Consumption, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2021. Edinburgh University Press
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