In Graphic Migrations, Kavita Daiya provides a literary and
cultural archive of refugee stories and experiences to respond to
the question “What is created?” after decolonization and the
1947 Partition of India. She explores how stories of Partition
migrations shape and influence the political and cultural
imagination of secularism and contribute to gendered citizenship
for South Asians in India and its diasporas. Daiya analyzes modern
literature, Bollywood films, Margaret Bourke-White’s photography,
advertising, and print culture to show how they memorialize or
erase refugee experiences. She also uses oral testimonies of
Partition refugees from Hong Kong, South Asia, and North America to
draw out the tensions of the nation-state, ethnic discrimination,
and religious difference. Employing both Critical Refugee Studies
and Feminist Postcolonial Studies frameworks, Daiya traces the
cultural, affective, and political legacies of Partition
migrations. The precarity generated by modern migration and
expressed through public culture prompts a rethinking of how
dominant media represents gendered migrants and refugees. Graphic
Migrations demands that we redraw the boundaries of how we tell the
story of modern world history and the intricately interwoven,
intimate production of statelessness and citizenship across the
world’s communities.
General
| Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Asian American History & Cultu |
| Release date: |
October 2020 |
| Firstpublished: |
2020 |
| Authors: |
Kavita Daiya
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
258 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4399-2024-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4399-2024-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781439920244 |
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