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Book Synopsis
Investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. With its interdisciplinary scope and historical perspective, this title focuses on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and religious conflicts between India and Pakistan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Who Owns Suffering?
1. Writing and Redemption
2. The Argument of Fiction
3. Murderous Fictions
4. The Momentary Pleasures of Reconcilation
Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Speaking Havoc Social Suffering and South Asian

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 20/05/2005
      ISBN13: 9780295985572, 978-0295985572
      ISBN10: 0295985577

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. With its interdisciplinary scope and historical perspective, this title focuses on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and religious conflicts between India and Pakistan.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Who Owns Suffering?
      1. Writing and Redemption
      2. The Argument of Fiction
      3. Murderous Fictions
      4. The Momentary Pleasures of Reconcilation
      Coda
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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