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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108428118
ISBN-139781108428118
eBay Product ID (ePID)242785493
Product Key Features
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFrom the Ashes of 1947 : Reimagining Punjab
Publication Year2018
SubjectAsia / India & South Asia
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorPippa Virdee
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-057907
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal954/.504
Table Of ContentList of photographs, maps and tables; List of excerpts; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface: memories create history; 1. Partitioned lands, partitioned histories; 2. The treasure within the five rivers; 3. Handing over the reigns; 4. Violence, migration and the making of the refugee; 5. Sacred Malerkotla; 6. Migrating to the promised land: a tale of two cities; 7. From refugee to citizen; 8. Cleansing hearts and minds; 9. Lost innocence and sold honour; 10. Dreams, memories and legacies; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThis book revisits the partition of the British Indian province of Punjab, its attendant violence and, as a consequence, the divided and dislocated Punjabi lives. Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), it explores the partition of the very idea of Punjabiyat., This book revisits the partition of the British Indian province of Punjab, its attendant violence and, as a consequence, the divided and dislocated Punjabi lives. Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), it explores the partition of the very idea of Punjabiyat. It was Punjab (along with Bengal) that was divided to create the new nations of India and Pakistan. In subsequent years, religious and linguistic sub-divisions followed - arguably, no other region of the sub-continent has had its linguistic and ethnic history submerged within respective national and religious identity(s). None paid the price of partition like the pluralistic, pre-partition Punjab. This work analyses the dissonance, distortion and dilution witnessed by Punjab and presents a detailed narrative of its past.