Violent Belongings

By Kavita Daiya

Subjects: Group identity, Ethnic relations, South Asian authors, India, history, 1947-, Motion pictures, American literature, history and criticism, Asia, central, ethnic relations, History and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, English literature, American literature, Gender identity, History, Motion pictures, india, Influence

Description: "Violent Belongings is about the relation between culture and violence in the modern world, exploring contemporary ethnic and gendered violence, and the questions about belonging that trouble nations and nationalisms today. Kavita Daiya examines South Asian ethnic violence and related mass migration in and after 1947 through its representation in postcolonial Indian and, more broadly, global South Asian literature and culture."--Jacket.