204 Pages
by
Routledge India
204 Pages
by
Routledge India
204 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book examines the metanarratives promoted by the state that determine the ideological framework and how these respond under extraneous circumstances like conflicts. The volume shows how individuals in such geo-politically aggrieved zones re-organise, re-structure and re-interpret their memory and identity and negotiate with violence in the literary space. Focusing on Kashmir and Northern... Read more
Introduction 1. Genesis of a Conflict Zone 2. Metanarratives of Resistance 3. Remembering History or Historicising Memory 4. Creating the Spectacle of Violence 5. Identity, Citizenship and Xenophobia. Conclusion. Afterword: The Aesthetics of Resistance.
Biography
Debamitra Kar teaches English in Women’s College, Calcutta. She takes interest in reading about conflict zones, trauma studies, Marxist literature and detective fictions.
