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Author:
Misri, Deepti, 1977-
Title:
Beyond partition : gender, violence, and representation in postcolonial India / Deepti Misri.
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xi, 201 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Violence--India--History.
Women--History.--India--History.
Violence in literature.
Violence in art.
India--Social conditions--1947-
India--History--1947-
Social history.
Violence.
Violence in art.
Violence in literature.
Women--Violence against.
India.
Since 1947
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
Contents:
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.
Series:
Dissident feminisms
ISBN:
0252080394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252080395 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252038851 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780252038853 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)877367914
LCCN:
2014009851
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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