| ISBN13: | 9781032451299 |
| ISBN10: | 1032451297 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 162 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Weight: | 458 g |
| Language: | English |
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The 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence
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This book presents a comprehensive theoretical study of fictional and non-fictional narratives of 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India. It contributes to the expanding field of trauma and memory studies in literature through an interdisciplinary approach.
This book presents a comprehensive theoretical study of fictional and non-fictional narratives of 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India.
This volume contributes to the expanding field of trauma and memory studies in literature through an interdisciplinary approach. It takes perspectives from the fields of neurobiology, sociology, psychology, and literary theory to offer an integrative and fresh approach to reading and locating trauma in narratives. Going beyond a simple reading of silence, the author discusses themes which encompass othering of the Sikh body; visual, echoic, and olfactory memories; somatic expressions of trauma; experiences of women and instances of rape and sexual atrocities; and children as young witnesses and intergenerational trauma, to understand questions of agency and politics of remembering.
Incisive and invigorating, this book is a must read for students of memory and trauma studies, Sikh studies, South Asian literature, gender studies, English studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, psychology, exclusion studies, and political sociology.
Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 1 Hair, Hurt, and Humiliation: Othering the Sikh Body 24 2 Been There, Seen That: Sensory Witnessing 47 3 Siapa and Shivers: Somatic Expressions 70 4 Stor(y)ing Rape: To Speak or Not to Speak 93 5 Children of the Carnage: Intergenerational Trauma 115 Conclusion 133 Bibliography 140 Index 147
