This book examines the neglected narratives of the Partition of India in 1947, particularly from the Bengal region, to study the traces left by this foundational trauma on the national and regional cultural imaginaries in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book expands gender issues to notions of masculinity and marginalization of minorities a
This book examines the neglected narratives of the Partition of India in 1947, particularly from the Bengal region, to study the traces left by this foundational trauma on the national and regional cultural imaginaries in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book expands gender issues to notions of masculinity and marginalization of minorities a
Debali Mookerjea-Leonard is Associate Professor of English and World Literature at James Madison University, US.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Tainted Liberty: women and the Partition 2. Midnight's Children: inhabiting the postcolonial landscape 3. Teachers, Train Hawkers, Sales-Girls: women, work, and the family 4. The Diminished Man: the mythic and the mundane 5. Geographies of Belonging: home and the persistence of memory 6. Recasting Men: constructing the model male citizen 7. Identity Lessons: trauma and children's education in difference Conclusion
Introduction 1. Tainted Liberty: women and the Partition 2. Midnight's Children: inhabiting the postcolonial landscape 3. Teachers, Train Hawkers, Sales-Girls: women, work, and the family 4. The Diminished Man: the mythic and the mundane 5. Geographies of Belonging: home and the persistence of memory 6. Recasting Men: constructing the model male citizen 7. Identity Lessons: trauma and children's education in difference Conclusion
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