cultural imaginings of a postcolonial nation Iqbal, Asif (Professor of English) creator author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut text bibliography Literary criticism enk Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge 2026 monographic eng

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xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm "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. Asif Iqbal. Includes bibliographical references and index. ENH az----- a-bg--- South Asian literature (English) History 20th century Politics and literature South Asia History 20th century Postcolonialism in literature Bengali fiction 20th century History and criticism Bangladesh In literature PR9570.S64 I63 2026 820.995492 Iqbal, Asif Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY : Routledge, 2026 (DLC) 2025013719 9781032961545 9781032961569 9781003588276 2025013718 DLC 250512 20260723113928.0 45323 eng