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



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Autore: Misri Deepti <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Beyond partition : gender, violence, and representation in postcolonial India / / Deepti Misri Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Urbana, Illinois ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 305.48/420954
Soggetto topico: Violence - India - History
Women - Violence against - India - History
Violence in literature
Violence in art
Soggetto geografico: India Social conditions 1947-
India History 1947-
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Beyond partition  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-252-08039-4
0-252-09681-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787823203321
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Serie: Dissident feminisms.