Narratives of Trauma in South Asian Literature

Goutam Karmakar, Zeenat Khan, Goutam Karmakar, Zeenat Khan

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032668222
• eBook ISBN: 9781000821796
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Littérature
• Subtopic: Critique littéraire

This volume addresses cultural and literary narratives of trauma in South Asian literature. Presenting a novel cross-cultural perspective on trauma theory, the essays within this volume study the divergent cultural responses to trauma and violence in various parts of South Asia, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Afghanistan, which have received little attention in literary writings on trauma in their specific circumstances. Through comprehensive sociocultural understanding of the region, this book creates an approachable space where trauma engages with themes like racial identity, ethnicity, nationality, religious dogma, and cultural environment.

With case studies from Kashmir, the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, and armed conflict in Nepal and Afghanistan, the volume will be of interest to scholars, students and researchers of literature, history, politics, conflict studies, and South Asian studies.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Introduction: Literary Trauma Theory and South Asian Literature
• Part I Partition and Beyond: Narrating Trauma of India
• Part II Pains of Pakistan: Trauma Narratives of Pakistan
• Part III War and Beyond: Trauma and Bangladeshi Literature
• Part IV Trauma-Affected Afghanistan: Wounded Memories and Narratives
• Part V Conflict and Wounds: Narrating Trauma of Nepal
• Part VI Turbulent Topography: Trauma and Sri Lanka
• Part VII South Asia, Trauma, and Beyond
• Index