Unsettling Partition

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"The Partition of India in 1947 marked the birth of two modern-nation states and the end of British colonialism in South Asia. The move towards the 'two nation solution' was accompanied by an unprecedented mass migration (over twelve million people) to and from areas that would become India and Pakistan." "Diverse representations of the violence that accompanied this migration (including the abduction and sexual assault of over 75,000 women) can be found in fictional, historical, autobiographical, and scholarly works. Unsettling Partition examines short stories, novels, testimonies, and historiography that represent women's experiences of the Partition."--Jacket.

subjects: Indic fiction, history and criticism,  Gender identity in literature,  Violence in literature,  Nationalism in literature,  Women in literature,  Indic fiction,  History and criticism,  History,  Partition, Territorial, in literature,  Indic fiction (English),  In literature,  Roman de l'Inde (anglais),  Histoire et critique,  Inde dans la litterature,  Demembrement des nations dans la litterature,  Identite? sexuelle dans la litterature,  Violence dans la litterature,  Nationalisme dans la litterature,  Femmes dans la litterature,  Histoire