Literature, Gender, and the Trauma of Partition

This book examines the neglected narratives of the Partition of India in 1947, particularly from the Bengal region, to study the traces left by this foundational trauma on the national and regional cultural imaginaries in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The book expands gender issues to notions of masculinity and marginalization of minorities and includes the child's experience during Partition. A valuable addition to the growing field of Partition studies, this book will be of interest to academics working on South Asian history, gender studies and literature.