1st Edition
National Identities in Pakistan The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fiction
By Cara Cilano
Copyright 2011
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1971, a war which took place in Pakistan that resulted in the establishment of two separate countries; East Pakistan became Bangladesh, leaving the remaining four western provinces to comprise a truncated Pakistan. This book examines how literature by those who remained Pakistanis acts as a cultural response to the threat the war posed to a nationalist identity. It provides an analysis of the... Read more
1. Introduction: The 'Deep Wounds' of Nations 2. 'It is Impossible to Assess Precisely Where the Truth Lies': The Diffusion of Authority in The Report of the Hamoodur Rehan Commission 3. 'Freeing the Outlook of Man from Its Geographical Limitations': Nationalism, History, and Literature in Pakistan 4. Domestic Violence: At Home in the Nation 5. Eternally Displaced Persons: Inside the Borders, Outside the Nation 6. Unfinished Business: Designs Against the Nation 7. Distant Reflections, Distinct Refractions: Diaspora and the Nation 8. Coda: Neighbourhood Watch: The 1971 Pakistani War in English-Language Fictions from Bangladesh and the Indian Diaspora
Biography
Cara Cilano is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina- Wilmington, USA. She has edited a collection of essays, From Solidarity to Schisms: 9/11 and After in Fiction and Film from Outside the US (2009).
