Land, Life, and Emotional Landscapes at the Margins of Bangladesh

Éva Rozália Hölzle

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English

Amsterdam University Press
21 July 2022

Social & cultural anthropology; Central government policies; Land rights; Agriculture & farming

Series: Transforming Asia

Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in the north-eastern borderlands of Bangladesh, this book focuses on the everyday struggles of indigenous farmers threatened with losing their land due to such state programmes as the realignment of the national border, ecotourism, social forestry and the establishment of a military cantonment. In implementing these programmes, state actors challenge farmers’ right to land, instituting spaces of violence in which multiple forms of marginalisation overlap and are reinforced. Mapping how farmers react to these challenges emotionally and practically, the book argues that these land conflicts serve as a starting point for existentially charged disputes in which the survival efforts of farmers clash with the political imaginations and practices of the nation-state. The analysis shows that losing land represents more than being deprived of a material asset: it is nothing less than the extinction of ways of life.

By: Éva Rozália Hölzle
Imprint: Amsterdam University Press
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 488g
ISBN: 9789463721752
ISBN 10: 9463721754
Series: Transforming Asia
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 July 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Éva Rozália Hölzle is a social anthropologist working as a research associate and lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany since 2011. She studied sociology and social anthropology at Eötvös Lóránd University in Hungary and at Bielefeld University, Germany. For this book she did extensive 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Bangladesh along the border to Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura.

Reviews for Land, Life, and Emotional Landscapes at the Margins of Bangladesh

''This book is poised to receive recognition among academics and policymakers alike, particularly those engaged in the study of land dispossession dynamics in South Asia. It serves as an important resource for young scholars planning to work within the realms of envi ronmental anthropology and anthropology of the state. Additionally, it will be of interest to those concerned with the dimensions of emotions and violence, aspects that are often marginalized in broader discussions of political anthropology, but are critical for understanding the global practices of land dispossession.'' -Javed Kaisar, Anthropos , July , 2024