Echoes of the uprooted: Separation and nostalgia in the Bengali folk songs of wanderers and exiles
Published online on April 30, 2026
Abstract
Memory Studies, Ahead of Print.
This study examines how Bengali folk songs serve as emotional and historical archives for communities affected by displacement, indentured labour migration, and partition. It investigates how oral compositions rooted in rural and subaltern traditions ...
This study examines how Bengali folk songs serve as emotional and historical archives for communities affected by displacement, indentured labour migration, and partition. It investigates how oral compositions rooted in rural and subaltern traditions ...