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Radhika Parameswaran, Kavitha Cardoza
The recent commercial boom in women's skin-lightening or “fairness” cosmetics in India is part of the larger context of escalating lifestyle consumerism in Asia's emerging market nations. This monograph examines the cultural politics of gender, nation, beauty and skin color in the persuasive narrati...
Adnan Hossain
Hijra, the iconic figure of South Asian gender and sexual difference, comprise a publicly institutionalised subculture of male-bodied feminine-identified people. Although they have existed as a culturally recognised third gender for a very long time, it is only recently that hijra have been legally ...
Lal, Brij
South Asia’s diaspora is among the world’s largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially. It is estimated that over 25 million persons of Indian descent live abroad; and many millions more have roots in other countries of the subcontinent, in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. There ...
T. J. Demos
This special issue of Third Text, dedicated to contemporary art and the politics of ecology, investigates the intersection of art criticism, politico-ecological theory, environmental activism and postcolonial globalization.The focus is on practices and discourses of eco-aesthetics that have emerged ...
John Eade
In this article I seek to analyse the diverse understandings among British Bengalis of their social identities as shaped by national and Muslim belongings. The complexity of these understandings is described as the young Bengalis explore the interrelationships between these identities, attempt to ra...
Mahera Ruby
Abstract First-generation Bangladeshi grandparents in the UK have consciously taken on the role of maintaining the linguistic and cultural identity of their grandchildren. Through their life experiences, they have built up ‘funds of knowledge’ and skills that they are able to use to promote learning...
Samuel L. Leiter, James R. Brandon
Introduction. Bangladesh. Burma. Cambodia. China. Hong Kong. India. Indonesia. Japan. Korea. Laos. Malaysia. Nepal. Oceania. Pakistan. Philippines. Singapore. Sri Lanka. Thailand. Vietnam. Index to artists and genres.
Ashraf M. Salama
First published in 2009, Transformative Pedagogy in Architecture and Urbanism is a detailed round of pedagogical dialogue on architecture and urbanism that reset the stage for debating future visions of transformative pedagogy and its impact on design education. Structured in five chapters the book ...
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This paper reviews the present status of, challenges to, and prospects for protected areas (PAs) in Bangladesh. The purpose of the study was to provide up-to-date information on country's PAs to various national and international donor and conservation agencies. So far, a total of eighteen PAs have ...
S. Ahmed
The author argues that Theatre for Development in Bangladesh practised by Non-Governmental Organisations, which is almost entirely funded by international donor organisations, serves globalisation in the name of poverty alleviation. By examining the case of two NGOs, Proshika and Bangladesh Institut...
B. Venkat Mani
What does it mean to belong? How are twenty-first-century diasporic subjects fashioning identities and communities that bind them together? Aspiring to Home examines these questions with a focus on immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Advancing a theory of locality to explain the means t...
Md. Saifuddin Khalid, Md Saiful Alam Chowdhury
UNESCO has declared Baul songs in 2008 and Traditional Art of Jamdani Weaving in 2013 as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,’ stating its importance in Bangladesh as a symbol of identity, dignity, and self-recognition. Bangladesh is one of the next 11 countries in the world with approximately...
Desmond Bell
What are the continuities between research activity focused on creative practice, and other forms of film and media research? What are the methodological differences between practice-based research in the still and moving image and traditional academic scholarship in film and imaging studies? In res...
Willmar Sauter, Temple Hauptfleisch
Jacqueline MARTIN: Preface - festival cultures Vicki Ann CREMONA: Introduction - the festivalising process Part One: Theatrical Events Festivalised Willmar SAUTER: Festivals as theatrical events: building theories Henri SCHOENMAKERS: Festivals, theatrical events and communicative interactions Temple...