In the land of buried tongues : testimonies and literary narratives of the war of liberation of Bangladesh / Chaity Das.
2018
PN56.3
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Title
In the land of buried tongues : testimonies and literary narratives of the war of liberation of Bangladesh / Chaity Das.
Author
Das, Chaity, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199090815 (electronic book)
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Call Number
PN56.3
Dewey Decimal Classification
809.933585492051
Summary
This text is about testimonial and fictional narratives emerging from the War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. It ended when winter came but the chill persisted for long. The spectres of war were resurrected with accounts of vigilante violence against those who opposed the liberation, predominantly Urdu speakers. The assassination of top leaders of the freedom struggle and the war, the rise of military dictatorship, the execution of Mujib's killers in 2010, and the trial and execution of Razakars recently, remind one of the deep wounds of war. War literature from Bangladesh and Pakistan continues to appear in spite of officially authorized remembrance and forgetting. In placing testimonial accounts beside fiction, a complex picture of the legacy of a violent time becomes visible.
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This text is about testimonial and fictional narratives emerging from the War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. It ended when winter came but the chill persisted for long. The spectres of war were resurrected with accounts of vigilante violence against those who opposed the liberation, predominantly Urdu speakers. The assassination of top leaders of the freedom struggle and the war, the rise of military dictatorship, the execution of Mujib's killers in 2010, and the trial and execution of Razakars recently, remind one of the deep wounds of war. War literature from Bangladesh and Pakistan continues to appear in spite of officially authorized remembrance and forgetting. In placing testimonial accounts beside fiction, a complex picture of the legacy of a violent time becomes visible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 6, 2018).
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Print version: 9780199474721
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