Description
Book SynopsisShows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political-military Indian state on the other.
Trade ReviewEugene M. Kayden Book Award in Literary Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016.
"An original and engaging piece of scholarship. It ranges widely and easily across materials in many genres and disciplines; it demonstrates a very fine eye for the telling textual detail; in a field vulnerable to sentimentality, it is clear-eyed and willing to pose uncomfortable questions; and it is written with verve and force."
--Parama Roy, University of California, Davis
"Engaging and evocative. I thought I was familiar with almost all of the topics addressed in the book, but after reading it I have emerged with a more nuanced understanding."--Sujata Moorti, author of
Color of Rape: Gender and Race in Television's Public Spheres"A new and valuable addition to the rich store of work on Partition. Deepti Misri's book breaks new ground in drawing on a varied and multi-layered archive which brings in the literary, the historical, the visual and the performative, to attempt an understanding of culture and violence in the context of the history of Partition and nation-making, teasing out a nuanced, and feminist, history of the 'then' and the 'now.'"--Urvashi Butalia, author of
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India"This brilliant and exciting book illuminates how representational practices of violence are co-constitutive of power and resistance."--
Pacific Affairs
