Editore: Stree Samaya, 2007
ISBN 10: 8185604649 ISBN 13: 9788185604640
Da: Books in my Basket, New Delhi, India
Soft cover. Condizione: NEW. ISBN:8185604649,272pp.
Editore: Stree, 2006
ISBN 10: 8185604649 ISBN 13: 9788185604640
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. The trauma of the partition in Eastern India is discussed explicitly in a way that has not happened before. Drawing upon interviews with women who were uprooted from old East Bengal in 1947, on diaries, memoirs and creative literature, the editors lift the 'veil of silence' that has surrounded partition. The lack of overt public discourse has meant that people outside Bengal have tended to believe that the impact was very much less on the people in the eastern region. In truth, the sufferings, the loss of life and livelihoods and of shelter were very real but of a different nature from the fast-moving horror of the Punjab. It was more like an oozing wound that seemed not to heal than a one-time severance of a limb. Seminar, Feb 2002, devoted itself to an in-depth discussion of the eastern partition, inviting Bagchi and Dasgupta to edit the issue. Many contributions have been taken from this pioneering work and many more have been added to focus on what women experienced, felt, and witnessed. Weaving together the voices of many women and incisive analysis, the book provides an invaluable discussion on displacement, rape, loss and why women pay the price. It thus traces the strenuous triumph attained in the crucible of suffering.
Editore: Kolkata: Bhatkal & Sen, 2003
ISBN 10: 818560455X ISBN 13: 9788185604558
Da: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: GIAQ
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. xxii 272p black hardback, light library markings, clean and tight copy, adhesivesticker to front board Language: English Weight (g): 470.
Editore: Stree, Kolkata, 2009
ISBN 10: 8185604983 ISBN 13: 9788185604985
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardbound. Condizione: As New. New. Contents Acknowledgements. Introduction/Jasodhara Bagchi and Subhoranjan Dasgupta. I. Short Stories 1. Riot/Ishaq Chakhari. 2. Hearth and home/Hasan Azizul Haq. 3. Dialectic/Selina Hossain. 4. The woman who sold wares/Samaresh Basu. 5. Biological/Narendra 276 pp.