Graphic Migrations - Precarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora

"Examines the literary and cultural archive of migration stories surrounding the 1947 Partition of India following Indian independence. Considers the representation of refugees, secularism, and gendered citizenship and how these narratives about migration and community influence and challenge dominant ideas about secularism and citizenship in India and the diaspora"--

About the author

Kavita Daiya is Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and Associate Professor of English at George Washington University. She is author of Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture in Postcolonial India (Temple).

Product details

• Authors: Kavita Daiya
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781439920251
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-2025-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Asian American History & Cultu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures