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Unsettling Partition

Jill Didur

2006220 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006University of Toronto Press · ENGISBN 9781442615052
  • 2006University of Toronto Press · 220 pages · ENGISBN 9780802079978

"The Partition of India in 1947 marked the birth of two modern-nation states and the end of British colonialism in South Asia. The move towards the 'two nation solution' was accompanied by an unprecedented mass migration (over twelve million people) to and from areas that would become India and Pakistan." "Diverse representations of the violence that accompanied this migration (including the abduction and sexual assault of over 75,000 women) can be found in fictional, historical, autobiographical, and scholarly works. Unsettling Partition examines short stories, novels, testimonies, and historiography that represent women's experiences of the Partition."--Jacket.

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