Remembering Air India : the art of public mourning / Chandrima Chakraborty, Amber Dean & Angela Failler, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chakraborty, Chandrima, 1973- editor.

Dean, Amber, 1975- editor.

Failler, Angela, 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air-India Flight 182 Bombing Incident, 1985.

Collective memory--Canada.

Collective memory.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Social aspects--Canada.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Terrorism--Social aspects--Canada.

Terrorism.

Racism--Social aspects--Canada.

Racism.

Social aspects.

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2017.

Summary:

"On June 23, 1985, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 killed 329 people, most of them Canadians. Today this pivotal event in Canada's history is hazily remembered, yet certain interests have shaped how the tragedy is woven into public memory, and even exploited to advance a pernicious national narrative. Remembering Air India insists that we "remember Air India otherwise." This collection investigates the Air India bombing and its implications for current debates about racism, terrorism, and citizenship. Drawing together academic analysis, testimony, visual arts, and creative writing, this innovative volume tenders a new public record of the bombing, one that shows how important creative responses are for deepening our understanding of the event and its aftermath."-- Provided by publisher.

"Contributions by: Cassel Busse, Chandrima Chakraborty, Amber Dean, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Angela Failler, Teresa Hubel, Suvir Kaul, Elan Marchinko, Eisha Marjara, Bharati Mukherjee, Lata Pada, Uma Parameswaran, Sherene H. Razack, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Maya Seshia, Karen Sharma, Deon Venter, Padma Viswanathan."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Remembering in Relation

Remembering in Relation: The Air India and Komagata Maru Disasters / Amber Dean Dean, Amber 3

On the Shores of the Irish Sea / Uma Parameswaran Parameswaran, Uma 29

The Ever After of Ashwin Rao (excerpt) / Padma Viswanathan Viswanathan, Padma 33

Remembering Across Place and Time: The Komagata Maru and Air India / Rita Kaur Dhamoon Dhamoon, Rita Kaur 49

A Nation Outside of History

From Foreign to Canadian: Air India and the Ongoing Denial of Racism / Maya Seshia Seshia, Maya 55

The Impact of Systemic Racism on Canada's Pre-Bombing Threat Assessment and Post-Bombing Response to the Air India Bombings / Sherene H. Razack Razack, Sherene H. 85

Courtroom #1 from the Flight 182 Series / Deon Venter Venter, Deon 118

In the Vestibule of the Nation / Sherene H. Razack Razack, Sherene H. 119

The Political Apology

Politics of (Im)moderation: The Production of South Asian Identities in the Canadian Apology for Air India Flight / Cassel Busse Busse, Cassel 127

Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada at the Commemoration Ceremony for the 25th Anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 Atrocity / Prime Minister of Canada Canada, Prime Minister of 153

The Canadian Government's Apology to the Victims and Families of Air India Flight 182 / Karen Sharma Sharma, Karen 159

Creative Archive

Mediating Memories of the 1985 Air India Bombings: A Critical Dance with Lata Pada's Revealed by Fire / Elan Marchinko Marchinko, Elan 167

Revealed by Fire: Artist Statement / Lata Pada Pada, Lata 183

An Invocation Dance for Lata / Uma Parameswaran Parameswaran, Uma 187

An Ethics of Remembering: Air India 182 and Its Creative Archive / Teresa Hubel Hubel, Teresa 189

Personal Loss, Collective Grief

Model Mourning, Multiculturalsm, and the Air India Tragedy / Chandrima Chakraborty Chakraborty, Chandrima 195

The Management of Grief / Bharati Mukherjee Mukherjee, Bharati 221

Desperately Seeking Helen Film Synopsis / Eisha Marjara Marjara, Eisha

Air India, unsent / letters from the archive / Renée Sarojini Saklikar Saklikar, Renée Sarojini 241

"Courting Aphasia, We Travel" / Suvir Kaul Kaul, Suvir 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Remembering Air India.

ISBN:

1772122599

9781772122596

OCLC:

990269345