The Long History Of Partition In Bengal Event Memory Representations | Asian Studies

This book focuses on the aftermath of the 1947 Partition of India. It considers the long aftermath and afterlives of Partition afresh from a wide and inclusive range of perspectives and studies the specificities of the history of violence and migration and their memories in the Bengal region. The chapters in the volume range from the administrative consequences of partition to public policies on refugee settlement life stories of refugees in camps and colonies and literary and celluloid representations of Partition. It also probes questions of memory identity and the memorialization of events. Eclectic in its theoretical orientation and methodology this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of partition history colonialism refugee studies Indian history South Asian history migration studies and modern history in general. |The Long History of Partition in Bengal Event Memory Representations | Asian Studies