The Long Shadow of Manto's Partition Narratives: 'Fictive' Testimony to Historical Trauma
Through his short stories, he grappled forthrightly with the historical trauma of the Partition and its reverberations in individual, social and cultural spaces, generating counter-narratives through which the penumbral world of dissociation, moral ambiguity and inward decay, as well as the occasion...
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Published in: | Social scientist (New Delhi) Vol. 40; no. 11/12; pp. 53 - 62 |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Social Scientist
01-11-2012
Social Scientist Trust |
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Summary: | Through his short stories, he grappled forthrightly with the historical trauma of the Partition and its reverberations in individual, social and cultural spaces, generating counter-narratives through which the penumbral world of dissociation, moral ambiguity and inward decay, as well as the occasionally illuminating possibility of resistance, became visible. [...]the need for continuing dialogue with Manto's legacy, as well as new forms of testimonial literature that might emerge beyond the long shadow cast by Manto's Partition narratives. |
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ISSN: | 0970-0293 |