Bangladesh in anglophone and vernacular literature : cultural imaginings of a postcolonial nation / Asif Iqbal.

By:

Iqbal, Asif (Professor of English) [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.Description: xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781032961545
9781032961569
9781003588276

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Literary criticism

Additional physical formats: Bangladesh in Anglophone and vernacular literatureDDC classification:

820.995492 23

LOC classification:

PR9570.S64 I63 2026

Summary: "This book illuminates individual and collective imaginings of postcolonial Bangladesh. It explores the emergence of Bangladesh as a nation from a variety of perspectives. The author studies the impact of Muslim nationalism on the subaltern life-worlds of East Bengal during the Partition, religious minorities and their insecurity in East Pakistan, East Pakistan's political insurgencies, the victims of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the Indian stake in the 1971 War and the cosmopolitan interpretations of the war. The literary and cultural texts that inform this project include contemporary Bengali novels, South Asian Anglophone literature, as well as selected visual media and digital sources. The project's reading of these texts in conjunction with politics and history has interdisciplinary relevance. This book will be of interest to researchers in South Asian Literature, South Asian History and Culture, World Literatures in English as well as Area Studies, Security Studies, and Political Theory"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library New Arrivals	Ayesha Abed Library New Arrivals	820.995492 IQB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	14/10/2026	3010045323

Total holds: 1

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book illuminates individual and collective imaginings of postcolonial Bangladesh. It explores the emergence of Bangladesh as a nation from a variety of perspectives. The author studies the impact of Muslim nationalism on the subaltern life-worlds of East Bengal during the Partition, religious minorities and their insecurity in East Pakistan, East Pakistan's political insurgencies, the victims of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the Indian stake in the 1971 War and the cosmopolitan interpretations of the war. The literary and cultural texts that inform this project include contemporary Bengali novels, South Asian Anglophone literature, as well as selected visual media and digital sources. The project's reading of these texts in conjunction with politics and history has interdisciplinary relevance. This book will be of interest to researchers in South Asian Literature, South Asian History and Culture, World Literatures in English as well as Area Studies, Security Studies, and Political Theory"-- Provided by publisher.

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