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A Reading of Violence in Partition Stories from Bengal

This book engages with diverse modes of representations of Partition violence and its consequences in a selection of Partition narratives from Bengal. Violence constitutes one of the most obvious images of this traumatic period in Indian history. Its dynamics of representation—the nature of violence, its impact on society and the individual, the forms of its socio cultural and political implanting—invariably highlight the aesthetic sensibility of its writers. The book questions if it is possible to qualify violence with all its complexities, and examines how these narratives offer a critique of historical and political engagements with violence. The experiences of suffering, pain, trauma, affliction, torture, fear and betrayal are also constituted within the structural analysis of violence.


Suranjana Choudhury teaches literature at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. She has published several research articles in various national and international journals, as well as book chapters in a number of edited anthologies. Her areas of interest include South Asian studies, women’s writing, cultural studies, and British fiction. She is currently working on women’s experiences of displacement.

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ISBN: 1-5275-5027-3

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-5027-8

Release Date: 24th July 2020

Pages: 157

Price: £58.99

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