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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821956703321

Autore

Misri Deepti <1977->

Titolo

Beyond partition : gender, violence, and representation in postcolonial India / / Deepti Misri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-08039-4

0-252-09681-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Dissident Feminisms

Disciplina

305.48/420954

Soggetti

Violence - India - History

Women - Violence against - India - History

Violence in literature

Violence in art

India Social conditions 1947-

India History 1947-

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.