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The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political
by Paulomi Chakraborty (Author),
OUP India (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
About the Book: The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the
Political
The Refugee Woman examines the Partition of 1947 by engaging with the cultural
imagination of the 'refugee woman in West Bengal, particularly in three
significant texts of the Partition of Bengal?Ritwik Ghataks film Meghe Dhaka
Tara; and two novels, Jyotirmoyee Devis Epar Ganga, Opar Ganga and Sabitri Roys
Swaralipi. It shows that the figure of the refugee woman, animated by the
history of the political left and refugee movements, and shaped by powerful
cultural narratives, can contest and reconstitute the very political imagination
of 'woman that emerged through the long history of dominant cultural
nationalisms. The
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780199475032
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher OUP India
Publishing Date 2019-01-29
Total Pages 314