
Partitioned Lives
Migrants, Refugees, Citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-65
Haimanti Roy(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. January 2013
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-19-808177-7 (ISBN)
Description
The processes of establishing new national orders in the aftermath of the Partition entailed that minorities-Hindus in Pakistan and Muslims in India-had to re-negotiate their identities as rightful citizens. This book focuses on the partition of Bengal, its effects on minorities, and the subsequent reordering of national identities in India and East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh). Divided in three thematic sections, it examines issues of territoriality, identity, migration, and citizenship. This volume joins new scholarship on the Partition, which sees it as a process rather than a single event. It provides a cross border analysis of how India and East Pakistan engaged with their post-Partition predicaments and how ordinary people on both sides reacted, adopted, and negotiated.
This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of modern Indian history, sociology, and the interested general reader.
This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of modern Indian history, sociology, and the interested general reader.
Reviews / Votes
a much-needed addition to the growing body of literature on Partition narratives in India and adds to the scholarship of those such as Urvashi Butalia, Veena Das and others. ... insightful analysis of discourses around citizenship and the nation which encorage us to rethink the concept of the nation state and belonging. * Rohit K. Dasgupta, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of modern Indian history, sociology, and the interested general reader.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-808177-7 (9780198081777)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Haimanti Roy is Assistant Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Author
Assistant Professor, Department of HistoryAssistant Professor, Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Content
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: PARTITIONED HISTORIES, DIVIDED IDENTITIES; PART I. TERRITORIES; PART II. CITIZENS; PART III. IDENTITIES; EPILOGUE: MEMORIES AND REALITIES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX