1st Edition
Literature, Gender, and the Trauma of Partition The Paradox of Independence
By Debali Mookerjea-Leonard
Copyright 2017
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Partition occurring simultaneously with British decolonization of the Indian subcontinent led to the formation of independent India and Pakistan. While the political and communal aspects of the Partition have received some attention, its enormous personal and psychological costs have been mostly glossed over, particularly when it comes to the splitting of Bengal. The memory of this historical... Read more
Introduction
1. Tainted Liberty: women and the Partition
2. Midnight’s Children: inhabiting the postcolonial landscape
3. Teachers, Train Hawkers, Sales-Girls: women, work, and the family
4. The Diminished Man: the mythic and the mundane
5. Geographies of Belonging: home and the persistence of memory
6. Recasting Men: constructing the model male citizen
7. Identity Lessons: trauma and children’s education in difference
Conclusion
Biography
Debali Mookerjea-Leonard is Associate Professor of English and World Literature at James Madison University, US.
