ABSTRACT This article explores the spectrum of violence inflicted and endured by marginalized young people in Kolkata. An unknown youth (possibly a male acquaintance encountered in the first research site in the bustees, or slum communities of Kolkata) and a young girl Shyamoli (the central character in the fictional piece set in a small town or moforshol on the outskirts of Kolkata) present a picture of the ordinary and everyday gendered and class violence experienced by girls and young women in a rapidly changing Kolkata. Collectively the two papers remind us of the aspirational politics, practices, and affective states that lead to violent outcomes in patriarchal and increasingly middle-class nationalist spaces. As fieldworkers we advocate for reflexive sensitivity and nuanced commitment to embracing contradictions and ambiguity wholeheartedly as we think through the aspirations, practices, and experiences of our interlocutors in Kolkata’s shadow zones.

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Shyamoli 和不知名的男性：城市的暴力边缘

摘要 本文探讨了加尔各答边缘化年轻人所施加和忍受的暴力范围。一个不知名的年轻人（可能是在加尔各答贫民窟的第一个研究地点遇到的男性熟人）和一个年轻女孩 Shyamoli（虚构作品中的中心人物，故事以加尔各答郊区的一个小镇或 moforshol 为背景）展示女孩和年轻女性在快速变化的加尔各答所经历的普通和日常的性别和阶级暴力。这两篇论文共同提醒我们，在父权制和日益壮大的中产阶级民族主义空间中，导致暴力结果的理想政治、实践和情感状态。