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Beyond partition : gender, violence, and representation in postcolonial India / Deepti Misri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Misri, Deepti, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Dissident feminisms.
- Dissident Feminisms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--India--History.
- Violence.
- Women--Violence against--India--History.
- Women.
- Violence in literature.
- Violence in art.
- India--Social conditions--1947-.
- India.
- India--History--1947-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Illinois ; Chicago, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- This work shows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political-military Indian state on the other.
- Contents:
- Anatomy of a riot: vulnerable male bodies in Manto and other fictions
- The violence of memory: women's re-narrations of the partition
- Atrocious encounters: caste violence and state violence
- "Are you a man?": performing naked in India
- "This is not a performance!": public mourning and visual spectacle in Kashmir
- Epilogue: the violence of the oppressed.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252080395
- 0252080394
- 9780252096815
- 0252096819
- OCLC:
- 892910370
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