The partition of Bengal : fragile borders and new identities /
Debjani Sengupta.
- xii, 274 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.
The Calcutta riots in representations and testimonies -- Noakhali and after : history, memory and representations -- Colony fiction : displacement and belonging in post-partition Bangla fiction -- From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi : refugee rehabilitation in Bangla partition fictions -- The partition's afterlife : nation and narration from the north east of India and Bangladesh -- Uncanny landscapes and unstable borders : politics and identity in geo-narratives of the partition (2005-2010).
"Provides insights into current literary and cultural criticisms and focuses on certain influences of specific histories to develop a macro-historical perspective on partition"--