{"product_id":"subcontinental-histories","title":"Subcontinental Histories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Jasbir Jain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 298\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788131609286\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSale Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e: India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubcontinental Histories\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a comprehensive exploration of historical events over the last two centuries, analyzed through literary texts—fiction, poetry, and drama—providing a retrospective view that transcends the immediacy of historical occurrences. The literary works featured in this book offer insights into the individual voices, restlessness, discontent, and fissures within the notion of a nation. In addition to literary texts, the book draws on documents such as letters, speeches, and newspaper articles, presenting alternative perspectives on reality when removed from the immediacy of expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Indian subcontinent shares a past of colonialism and the resistance movements it sparked. This work traces India's journey toward freedom, the divisive forces of nationalism that led to the country’s partition, and the enduring consequences of those divisions. The narrative then expands to examine the subsequent manifestations of terror, nuclear arms races, and environmental concerns in India and its neighboring countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exploration includes discussions on influential writers and thinkers such as Jotiba Phule, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Kamila Shamsie, Girish Karnad, Saadat Hasan Manto, and many others. Their works open up a dialogue between the past and present, allowing for a rethinking of the events that have shaped our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into chapters that address key themes such as the rise of nationalism, the aftermath of partition, political and social shifts, the role of dissent, the ongoing violence in the region, and the complex interplay of history and literature in the subcontinent’s collective consciousness. With its diverse range of topics, \u003cstrong\u003eSubcontinental Histories\u003c\/strong\u003e is a significant work that calls for a reassessment of the events that have shaped the modern Indian subcontinent and its identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Burden of the Past\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterature as an Artefact of History\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Turns We Missed and the Reluctant Rise of Nationalism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mai-Baap Syndrome\u003c\/strong\u003e: Feudalism, Divisive Polity, and the Reluctant Rise of Nationalism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActivism and Answerability\u003c\/strong\u003e: Unpicking the Postcolonial Discourse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRe-viewing the Renaissance\u003c\/strong\u003e: An Investment in Modernity? Political Shifts and Dialogues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Coming of Gandhi\u003c\/strong\u003e: His Experiential Evolution in the Political World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Aftermath of Divisive Nationalisms in the Subcontinent\u003c\/strong\u003e: A Nation Divided\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMass Exodus\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mourning Together or Alone? Shared Histories, Separate Territories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dialectics of History\u003c\/strong\u003e: Narratives of the Subcontinent’s Participation in the Empire’s Wars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking the Silence\u003c\/strong\u003e: Poets, Revolutions, and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDissent and the Performative Medium\u003c\/strong\u003e: IPTA and Ajoka – Violence and Its Continuities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerror\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Many Manifestations of an Abstraction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Travels of Maoism in the Subcontinent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Did Saeed Mirza Write Ammi?\u003c\/strong\u003e Nuclear Weapons, Development, and Environment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWoman as Text\u003c\/strong\u003e: Violence and the Human\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaramaha, the Lacanian ‘Real’ and Sealy’s The Everest Hotel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBhoma\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Eternally Resurrected\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJasbir Jain\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Rajasthan and has received several prestigious fellowships, including the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship as Writer in Residence, K.K. Birla Fellowship, and many others. She has taught at various universities, including in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Tampere (Finland). A prominent scholar in the fields of literature and culture, Jain has published extensively on a wide range of topics, including feminism, resistance, diaspora, and history. Her significant works include \u003cem\u003eIndigenous Roots of Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eTheorising Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), \u003cem\u003eThe Diaspora Writes Home\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and \u003cem\u003eForgiveness: Between Memory and History\u003c\/em\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50013986521392,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_9788131609286","price":712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/41rWPWarW0L_4639fb4a-9ba6-4f3a-8cfe-5c54e438d8cd.jpg?v=1756393468","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/subcontinental-histories","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}