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Partition's Post-Amnesias

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

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Description:The Partition of British India in 1947 into the new nations of India and Pakistan, and the transformation of East Pakistan into a third nation, Bangladesh, in 1971, were events marked by violence, displacement, and multiple alienations.In her brilliant new book, Ananya Jahanara Kabir discusses their impact, three generations later, on contemporary cultural producers from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Literary texts, archaeological digs, photographs, maps and other memorabilia are woven together to present a groundbreaking consideration of Partition.Kabir’s account departs from previous Partition scholarship by arguing for 1947 and 1971 as linked epochal events; by excavating the connections between violence, memory, melancholia and modernity; and by bringing considerations of family, inter-generational dialogue, and subjectivity to a new memory studies of South AsiaTable of ContentsThe Last Glue / Politics of Memory, Poetics of Place / Between 1947 and 1971 / The Phantom Map / Terracotta Memories / Deep Topographies / Archaeogeography / The Enchanted Delta / Darjeeling ChaiWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Partition's Post-Amnesias. To get started finding Partition's Post-Amnesias, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 259

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The University Press Limited (UPL)

Release: 2014

ISBN: 9845061443

Description: The Partition of British India in 1947 into the new nations of India and Pakistan, and the transformation of East Pakistan into a third nation, Bangladesh, in 1971, were events marked by violence, displacement, and multiple alienations.In her brilliant new book, Ananya Jahanara Kabir discusses their impact, three generations later, on contemporary cultural producers from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Literary texts, archaeological digs, photographs, maps and other memorabilia are woven together to present a groundbreaking consideration of Partition.Kabir’s account departs from previous Partition scholarship by arguing for 1947 and 1971 as linked epochal events; by excavating the connections between violence, memory, melancholia and modernity; and by bringing considerations of family, inter-generational dialogue, and subjectivity to a new memory studies of South AsiaTable of ContentsThe Last Glue / Politics of Memory, Poetics of Place / Between 1947 and 1971 / The Phantom Map / Terracotta Memories / Deep Topographies / Archaeogeography / The Enchanted Delta / Darjeeling ChaiWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Partition's Post-Amnesias. To get started finding Partition's Post-Amnesias, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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