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The pity of partition Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide
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The pity of partition [electronic resource] : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide / Ayesha Jalal.
ISBN
1400846684
9781400846689
0691153620
9780691153629 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 265 p. :) : ill. ;.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 09, 2016
Series
Lawrence Stone lectures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.
Contents
Prelude: Manto and Partition
I. Stories
"Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion"
Amritsar Dreams of Revolution
Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities
II. Memories
Remembering Partition
From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves
Living and Walking Bombay
III. Histories
Partition : Neither End nor Beginning
On the Postcolonial Moment
Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War
Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On...
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