03239nam 22006614a 450 991045200850332120200520144314.00-8078-7733-6(CKB)1000000000467158(EBL)837904(OCoLC)82366504(SSID)ssj0000129272(PQKBManifestationID)11131662(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129272(PQKBWorkID)10071194(PQKB)11584620(MiAaPQ)EBC837904(Au-PeEL)EBL837904(CaPaEBR)ebr10273410(CaONFJC)MIL930267(EXLCZ)99100000000046715820060207d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructing Bangladesh[electronic resource] religion, ethnicity, and language in an Islamic nation /Sufia M. UddinChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (248 p.)Islamic civilization & Muslim networksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1519-3 0-8078-3021-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.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; ZHighlighting 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, infused the richly diverse traditIslamic civilization & Muslim networks.Islam and stateBangladeshHistoryGroup identityBangladeshHistoryBengali languageSocial aspectsNationalismBangladeshHistoryBangladeshHistoryBangladeshCivilizationElectronic books.Islam and stateHistory.Group identityHistory.Bengali languageSocial aspects.NationalismHistory.954.92Uddin Sufia M506916MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452008503321Constructing Bangladesh778905UNINA