Re-curating a literary utopia : creative resistance in Preet Nagar
Mahn, Churnjeet and Murphy, Anne and Rao K.V., Raghavendra and Singh, Poonam and Singh, Ratika and Singh, Samia; Malik, Sarita and Mahn, Churnjeet and Pierse, Michael and Rogaly, Ben, eds. (2020) Re-curating a literary utopia : creative resistance in Preet Nagar. In: Creativity and Resistance in a Hostile World. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9781526152855
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Abstract
During the Partition of India in August 1947, the majority of the Muslim population in and around the intended township of Preet Nagar in East Punjab left for Pakistan. Pre-Partition, united Punjab had a Muslim population of 53.2 per cent, which dropped to below 1 per cent in the Indian section of Punjab immediately after Partition (Bigelow 2012, 412). Refugees flowing between the newly formed nations would help to change the cultural landscape of the newly partitioned state of Punjab, split between India and Pakistan. The hastily planned population exchange was disastrously mismanaged as violence erupted along religious lines. India and Pakistan did not receive any relief or intervention from the international agencies designed to aid refugees, as they had not yet come into existence (Khan 2007, 64). Urvashi Butalia's work in recording and collecting the experiences of this generation of refugees has become foundational for contemporary historiographies of Partition.
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Mahn, Churnjeet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-1868, Murphy, Anne, Rao K.V., Raghavendra, Singh, Poonam, Singh, Ratika and Singh, Samia; Malik, Sarita, Mahn, Churnjeet, Pierse, Michael and Rogaly, Ben-
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 79401 Dates: DateEvent31 December 2020PublishedSubjects: Language and Literature Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > English
Strategic Research Themes > Society and PolicyDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 01 Feb 2022 15:14 Last modified: 23 Nov 2024 01:26 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/79401