Beyond Partition : Gender, Violence and Representation in Postcolonial India.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Dissident Feminisms Series .
- Dissident Feminisms Series .
Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Anatomy of a Riot: Vulnerable Male Bodies in Manto and Other Fictions -- 2. The Violence of Memory: Women's Renarrations of the Partition -- 3. Atrocious Encounters: Caste Violence and State Violence -- 4. "Are You a Man?": Performing Naked Protest in India -- 5. "This Is Not a Performance": Public Mourning and Visual Spectable in Kashmir -- Epilogue: The Violence of the Oppressed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.