ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Historical reality: texts of response
chapter 2|11 pages
Ideology of hatred and the violent making of nations
part II|48 pages
Memory and mnemonic: of homeland and homelessness
chapter 7|7 pages
Redrawing the borders of nostalgia
chapter 8|9 pages
Memory of home and the impossibility of return
chapter 10|7 pages
From home to homeland
part III|55 pages
Body politics: the woman in question