Khaet (Hick) and the Construction of Others: Negotiation of Identification of Young Adults in Bangladesh

Abstract - English

The paper explores, with reference to the notion of ‘positioning’ used by Pavlenko (2001, 2007), how young adults use a specific Bangla word ‘khaet’ (hick) to construct a sense of ‘others’ and position themselves... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Shaila Sultana (University of Dhaka)

Topic Area

Language and identities

Session

W330ASR5/P » Paper (15:30 - Wednesday, 27th June, ARTS Seminar Room 5)

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