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BL
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999704
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b754074
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| Main Entry
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Roy, Rituparna
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| Title & Author
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South Asian partition fiction in English : : from Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh /\ Rituparna Roy.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam :: Amsterdam University Press,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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IIAS publications series. Monographs ;; 4
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1 online resource (176 pages)
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| ISBN
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9048512832
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: 9789048512836
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9089642455
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9789089642455
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Partition: The Holocaust; 2. Women during the Partition: Victim and agent; 3. The making of a nation: Religion or language?; 4. Imagined communities: Questioning the border; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Explores a significant cross-section of South Asian fiction in English written on the theme of Partition from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s.
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Partition, Territorial, in literature.
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South Asian fiction (English)-- History and criticism.
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HISTORY-- General.
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History.
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Humanities.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature and literary studies.
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Partition, Territorial, in literature.
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South Asian fiction (English)
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.91409
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| LC Classification
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PR9414.R69 2010eb
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