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Beyond partition : gender, violence, and representation in postcolonial India
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This work shows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the politic...
This work shows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political-military Indian state on the other.
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- Creator
- Deepti Misri
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Urbana, Illinois ; Chicago, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014
- ©2014
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0252080394, 0252096819, 0252038851, 1322167494, 9780252080395, 9780252096815, 9780252038853
- OCLC
- ocn892910370
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Anatomy of a riot: vulnerable male bodies in Manto and other fictions -- The violence of memory: women's re-narrations of the partition -- Atrocious encounters: caste violence and state violence -- "Are you a man?": performing naked in India -- "This is not a performance!": public mourning and visual spectacle in Kashmir -- Epilogue: the violence of the oppressed