Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction [Hardcover]

This book studies literary and cinematic representations of the Partition of India. It discusses Partition as not just an immediate historical catastrophe but as a lingering cultural presence and consequently a potent trope in literary and visual representations. The volume features essays on key texts  written and visual  including Train to Pakistan, Toba Tek Singh , Basti, Garm Hava, Pinjar, among others.

Partition Literature and Cinema will be indispensable introductory reading for students and researchers of modern Indian history, Partition studies, literature, film studies, media and cultural studies, popular culture and performance, postcolonial studies, and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to enthusiasts of Indian cinematic history.

Introduction: Literature and Film: An Alternative Archive of the Partition of India   Part 1: Historical Reality: Texts of Response  1. Political Mayhems and the Moment of Rupture: Bhisham Sahnis Tamas  2. Ideology of Hatred and the Violent Making of Nations: Khushwant Singhs Train to Pakistan  3. Partition and the Shattered Familiar: Bapsi Sidhwas The Ice-Candy Man  4. Saadat Hasan Mantos Toba Tek Singh : A Nation Split by Trauma and Madness  5. Translating Trauma into Sublime: Gulzars Response to Mantos Toba Tek Singh    Part 2: Memory and Mnemonic: Of Homeland and Homelessness  6. Politics of Memory and the Myth of Homelessness: Intizar Husains Basti  7. Redrawing the Borders of Nostalgia: A Reading of Ritwik Ghataks Selected Short Stories 8. Memory of Home and the Impossibility of Return: Rl(