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Imagining Kashmir : emplotment and colonialism /

"During the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Kashmir Valley--an intricate mix of regional, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and caste communities--became a hotly disputed territory. With portions of the region divided among India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China, ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hogan, Patrick Colm
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Series:Frontiers of narrative.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Kashmir, narrative, and the complexity of colonialism
  • Understanding Kashmir : Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown
  • Dominant ideologies and their limits : four movies about Kashmir
  • Breaching the ideological boundaries : three films not (apparently) about Kashmir
  • Kashmiri alternatives : rival ideologies in three Anglophone novels
  • Colonial violence and sub-colonial scapegoating : a poem about majorities and minorities
  • Fractured tales and colonial traumas : disfigured stories in Kashmiri short fiction
  • Afterword: Ending the trauma : what can be done?