01406    a2200157   4500020001800000082001500018100002700033245009200060260003500152300001000187520094200197546001201139650003301151650002901184650003501213  a9781032349329  a823bMIS-G  aMishra,Gauri eauthor.  aGender and Nationalism: bPerspectives on Partition Fiction and Cinemacby Gauri Mishra  aNew York :bRoutledge, c2023.  a110p.  aThis book studies negotiations of gender politics in the process of nation formation in the aftermath of the Partition. One of the most traumatic events in South Asian history, the Partition forms the basis of numerous literary and cinematic interpretations. Drawing on Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi fiction, it shows how gender is irrevocably woven into the idea of the nation and the politics of it. It focuses on the works of Saadat Hasan Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Ismat Chughtai, Yashpal, Khushwant Singh, Abdullah Hussein, Mumtaz Shah Nawaz and Attia Hosain to delve into the horrors of the Partition, toward women in particular, and their representations in literary and cinematic imaginations.

As an important contribution to the study of the Partition of India, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, culture studies, film studies, politics, gender studies and South Asian studies.  aEnglish  aGender identity vLiterature  aNationalism vLiterature  aPartition  vLiteraturexIndia