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'Burmese Women and Bengali Men's Dilemma: A Colonial Chapter of Love, Hate, and More'

Sep 27, 2024   11:00 am - 12:00 pm  
Lecture
Sponsor
South Asian Studies @ CSAMES
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Contact
Ragini Chakraborty
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raginic2@illinois.edu
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South Asia Friday Talks

'Burmese Women and Bengali Men's Dilemma: A Colonial Story of Love, Hate, and More'

Parthasarathi Bhaumik, Jadavpur University

When the Bengali men emigrated to colonised Burma (1886-1948) as a part of a colonial policy, they encountered Burmese women, and faced an immediate challenge to accommodate them in the familiar  Bengali discourses of womanhood. The lecture would trace the passionate and baffling responses of the Bengali men to the  Burmese women on the backdrop of colonial realities. 

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