Memory, nostalgia and identity in narratives of India’s Partition
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The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in the displacement of millions of people from both sides of the newly created border. This article explores the reconstruction of identities in the aftermath of Partition. The unexpectedness of the tragedy, the sudden uprooting of people from the secure environs of their homes and the alien land in which they found themselves, led many to withdraw into themselves. The memory of the past, nostalgia and a feeling of disconnection with the present resulted in a conflicted sense of identity. However writers also employed the memory of the pre-Partition past to suggest alternative imaginings for a society divided along religious lines.
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- Authors
- Prakash, B.
- Corresponding author
- Prakash, Bodh
- Venue
- Recherches anglaises et nord-américaines
- Publisher
- PERSEE Program
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21-35
- ISSN
- 0557-6989 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4386137162
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- fr
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Recherches anglaises et nord-américaines (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Persée (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › South Asian Studies and Diaspora
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Memory, History, Trauma, Identity
- Keywords
- Partition of India, memory, nostalgia, identity, displacement, postcolonial literature, religious division, Indian fiction, collective memory, alienation
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