The modern state embodies and promotes hegemonic and masculine values, silenc
ing the voices of minorities and women. This paper attempts to show in the context of
Bangladesh how the use of the category 'nation' has resulted in the marginalisation of
women generally as well as of minorities, specifically in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
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