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The partition of India : beyond improbable lines /
This volume offers a collection of essays focused upon the representation of one of the most traumatic events in the history of India--the 1947 Partition--in literature and cinematographic adaptations. The focus here is placed on various strategies of representation and different types of memory at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume offers a collection of essays focused upon the representation of one of the most traumatic events in the history of India--the 1947 Partition--in literature and cinematographic adaptations. The focus here is placed on various strategies of representation and different types of memory at work in the process of remembering/re-membering Partition. All these avoid the traditional Hindu vs. Muslim perspective, and analyse other sides of the same story, seen from the perspective of marginal people belonging to other religious minorities, whose stories have generally been ignored and silenc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781527526853 1527526852 |