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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452008503321

Autore

Uddin Sufia M

Titolo

Constructing Bangladesh [[electronic resource] ] : religion, ethnicity, and language in an Islamic nation / / Sufia M. Uddin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8078-7733-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks

Disciplina

954.92

Soggetti

Islam and state - Bangladesh - History

Group identity - Bangladesh - History

Bengali language - Social aspects

Nationalism - Bangladesh - History

Electronic books.

Bangladesh History

Bangladesh Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; One: Islamic Themes in Premodern Bengali Literature and Life; Two: Nineteenth-Century Religious Reform Movements; Three: Breaking New Ground and Transgressing Boundaries; Four: Bengali or Bangladeshi?: The Conflict between Religious and Ethnic Nationalisms; Five: The Contested Place of Nation in Umma and Globalizing Efforts; Epilogue. Competing Visions of Community; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia M. Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh, formerly the eastern part of the Indian province of Bengal. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the region's history from medieval to modern times, examining the interplay of language, popular and scholarly religious literature, and the colonial experience as they contributed to the creation of a unique Bengali-Islamic identity.During the precolonial era, Bengali, the dominant regional language,



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