Witnessing partition : memory, history, fiction
Material type: TextPublication details: London Routledge 2020Description: 264 pISBN: 9780367443672Subject(s): India | Partition, Territorial, in literature | Indic fiction (English) | Memory in literature | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)DDC classification: 954.0359 Summary: This book deals with the representation of the Partition of India — the experience of trauma and violence — through fiction, literary motifs and narratives, and shows that in examining the nature of such testimony through history, cultural memory has a significant role to play.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This book deals with the representation of the Partition of India — the experience of trauma and violence — through fiction, literary motifs and narratives, and shows that in examining the nature of such testimony through history, cultural memory has a significant role to play.
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