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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807257803321

Autore

Hogan Patrick Colm

Titolo

Imagining Kashmir : emplotment and colonialism / / Patrick Colm Hogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-9487-5

0-8032-9489-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Frontiers of narrative

Disciplina

820.9/920693

Soggetti

English literature - Minority authors - History and criticism

Politics and literature - History

Motion pictures - Political aspects - History

Kashmir, Vale of (India) In literature

Kashmir, Vale of (India) In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Kashmir, narrative, and the complexity of colonialism -- Understanding Kashmir : Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown -- Dominant ideologies and their limits : four movies about Kashmir -- Breaching the ideological boundaries : three films not (apparently) about Kashmir -- Kashmiri alternatives : rival ideologies in three Anglophone novels -- Colonial violence and sub-colonial scapegoating : a poem about majorities and minorities -- Fractured tales and colonial traumas : disfigured stories in Kashmiri short fiction -- Afterword: Ending the trauma : what can be done?

Sommario/riassunto

"During the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Kashmir Valley--an intricate mix of regional, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and caste communities--became a hotly disputed territory. With portions of the region divided among India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China, major territorial disputes, particularly between India and Pakistan, have persisted over historical and cultural claims to the land. 'Imagining Kashmir' negotiates the cinematic and literary imaginations



of the Kashmir region's conflicts and diverse citizenship, analyzing a wide range of narratives from writers and directors such as Salman Rushdie, Bharat Wakhlu, Mani Rutman, and Mirza Waheed in conjunction with research in psychology, cognitive science, and social neuroscience. Hogan provides a historical and cultural analysis of Kashmir that advances the existing theoretical knowledge of narrative, colonialism, and their corresponding ideologies in relation to the the cognitive and affective operations of identity. Hogan considers how narrative organizes people's understanding of, and emotions about, real political situations, and the ways in which such situations in turn influence cultural narratives, re-forming and potentially deforming them"--Provided by publisher.