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Memorising Poetry: Bengali Nationalism as Resistance to Cultural Assimilation


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Looking at Bangla-language textbooks for the diaspora in the UK, this episode targets applied linguists, mother tongue / heritage language teachers, community psychologists and activists, and anyone interested in identity, nationalism and community schooling. It's a brief look at the contexts of Bengali migration before an interpretation of some relationships with the language and the country at the time. Find all the resources here, including the presentation, a transcript, some reading and an annotated bibliography that explores the theory in some more depth: rb.gy/nge8vh


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