About the Book: Graphic Migrations
In Graphic Migrations, Kavita Daiya provides a literary and cultural archive of
refugee stories and experiences to respond to the question "What is created?"
after decolonization and the 1947 Partition of India. She explores how stories
of Partition migrations shape the political and cultural imagination of
secularism and gendered citizenship for South Asians in India and the United
States. Daiya analyses literature, Bollywood films, Margaret Bourke-Whites
photography, digital media, and print culture to show how they memorialize or
erase refugee experiences. She also engages oral testimonies of Partition
refugees from Hong Kong, South Asia, and North America that address the
nation-state, ethnic discrimination,