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Remembering the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: History, Memory, and Gender book cover

1st Edition

Remembering the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War History, Memory, and Gender

By Shamika Shabnam Copyright 2026
152 Pages
by Routledge

This monograph draws on literary and archival texts to explore the variegated experiences of survivors of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. It focuses on muktijouddhas and their mothers, survivors of sexual violence, and women freedom fighters. The chapters analyse freedom fighter memoirs, women’s testimonials, and fictional texts to complicate the dominant nationalist discourse on the... Read more

Introduction: Gender and Remnants of a Forgotten Past: Rethinking the Liberation War and its Disremembered Others

Chapter 1: Mujiban Masculinity: Tracing the Political Trajectory of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Chapter 2: Muktijouddha Masculinity: Non-Fictional and Fictional Narratives of 1971

Chapter 3: Muktijouddha and Motherhood: The Patriotic Mother and The Birangona-Ma

Chapter 4: Women at the Intersections: The Nari jouddha and the Muktijouddha-Birangona

Conclusion: Connecting Forgotten Histories: Liberation War and South Asian History

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Biography

Shamika Shabnam teaches in the Department of English at Capilano University. She completed her PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University on the politics of gender and nation-making during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Her research is on memory and trauma within South Asian history, literature, and culture.

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