A Past That Hurts: Memory, Politics and Transnationalism between Bangladesh and Portugal

José Manuel Fraga Mapril Gonçalves

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A Past That Hurts: Memory, Politics and Transnationalism between Bangladesh and Portugal

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Abstract

This chapter explores the relation between mobility and the politics of memory. Focusing on the debates among Bangladeshis in Lisbon, Portugal about the role played by a political party and its main leaders during the Bangladeshi liberation war in 1971, the aim is to reveal how the struggles for a hegemonic narrative of the past are fought out in a transnational context. These heated debates in Lisbon began in 2003, but reached a recent climax influenced by the International Crimes Tribunal in 2009 and the Shabhag protests in Bangladesh. ‘A Past That Hurts’ concludes that due to mobility, in this case migration, the convergence of past and present in everyday and political life is enhanced.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Memories on the Move
Subtitle of host publication	Experiencing Mobility, Rethinking the Past
Editors	Monika Palmberger, Jelena Tošić
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	10
Pages	247-270
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-57549-4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-57548-7, 978-1-349-84697-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57549-4
Publication status	Published - 2016

Publication series

Name	Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan, UK
Number	1
ISSN (Print)	2662-2602

Keywords

Discursive Formation
Islamic Party
Awami League
Party Alliance
Regularization Programme

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A Past That Hurts : Memory, Politics and Transnationalism between Bangladesh and Portugal. / Gonçalves, José Manuel Fraga Mapril.

Memories on the Move: Experiencing Mobility, Rethinking the Past. ed. / Monika Palmberger; Jelena Tošić. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. p. 247-270 (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship; No. 1).

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