Partition Literature and Cinema

A Critical Introduction

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Edited by Jaydip Sarkar and Rupayan Mukherjee

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > India

Keywords

India, Pakistan, national cultures

Publishing date

2020

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 194 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-49274-8

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Book Presentation:
This book studies literary and cinematic representations of the Partition of India. It discusses Partition as not just an immediate historical catastrophe but as a lingering cultural presence and consequently a potent trope in literary and visual representations. The volume features essays on key texts – written and visual – including Train to Pakistan, "Toba Tek Singh", Basti, Garm Hava, Pinjar, among others.

Partition Literature and Cinema will be indispensable introductory reading for students and researchers of modern Indian history, Partition studies, literature, film studies, media and cultural studies, popular culture and performance, postcolonial studies, and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to enthusiasts of Indian cinematic history.

About the authors:
Jaydip Sarkar is Associate Professor at the Department of English, University B.T. & Evening College, West Bengal, India. He has edited and co-edited several books including Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (2014), Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (2014) and A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (2018). Rupayan Mukherjee is Teaching Assistant at the Department of English, University B.T. & Evening College, West Bengal, India. His research interests include modernism, postmodern studies and South Asian literature.

See the publisher website: Routledge