In the Shadow of Partition

This book brings together conversations about the Partition and its haunting residues in the present as represented in literary, visual, oral, and material cultures of the subcontinent and beyond. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of South Asian Review.

Auteur

Nalini Iyer is Professor of English at Seattle University and Chief Editor of South Asian Review. Among her numerous publications is the co-edited book Revisiting India's Partition: New Essays in Memory, Culture, and Politics.

Debali Mookerjea-Leonard is Roop Distinguished Professor of English at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA. She is the author of Literature, Gender, and the Trauma of Partition: The Paradox of Independence. She also translates Bengali poetry and fiction, including Sunil Gangopadhyay's Blood and Bani Basu's The Continents Between.