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The partition of Bengal : fragile borders and new identities / Debjani Sengupta.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Daryaganj, Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xii, 274 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107061705
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.140 23 SEN
Contents:
The Calcutta riots in representations and testimonies -- Noakhali and after : history, memory and representations -- Colony fiction : displacement and belonging in post-partition Bangla fiction -- From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi : refugee rehabilitation in Bangla partition fictions -- The partition's afterlife : nation and narration from the north east of India and Bangladesh -- Uncanny landscapes and unstable borders : politics and identity in geo-narratives of the partition (2005-2010).
Summary: "Provides insights into current literary and cultural criticisms and focuses on certain influences of specific histories to develop a macro-historical perspective on partition"--
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The Calcutta riots in representations and testimonies -- Noakhali and after : history, memory and representations -- Colony fiction : displacement and belonging in post-partition Bangla fiction -- From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi : refugee rehabilitation in Bangla partition fictions -- The partition's afterlife : nation and narration from the north east of India and Bangladesh -- Uncanny landscapes and unstable borders : politics and identity in geo-narratives of the partition (2005-2010).

"Provides insights into current literary and cultural criticisms and focuses on certain influences of specific histories to develop a macro-historical perspective on partition"--

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.

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