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Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition

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Description for Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition Paperback. A work of film studies that traces how the traumatic Partition of India and Pakistan has been represented (or not represented) in Indian cinema from 1947 to the present. Num Pages: 384 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
What remains of the “national” when the nation unravels at the birth of the independent state? The political truncation of India at the end of British colonial rule in 1947 led to a social cataclysm in which roughly one million people died and ten to twelve million were displaced. Combining film studies, trauma theory, and South Asian cultural history, Bhaskar Sarkar follows the shifting traces of this event in Indian cinema over the next six decades. He argues that Partition remains a wound in the collective psyche of South Asia and that its representation on screen enables forms of historical ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822344117
SKU
V9780822344117
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About Bhaskar Sarkar
Bhaskar Sarkar is an assistant professor of film studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition
“A thoroughly absorbing, beautifully written, and forcefully argued account, this book is a major contribution to the flourishing field of Indian film studies.” - Sumita S. Chakravarty, International Journal of Asian Studies “This is one of the most provocative books that has been published in recent years on Indian films.” - Pankaj Jain, The Journal of Asian Studies “Mourning the ... Read more

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