The Gendered War: Evaluating Feminist Ethnographic Narratives of the 1971 War of Bangladesh

Author:   Sanjib Kr Biswas ,  Priyanka Tripathi
Publisher:   Bloomsbury India
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Pages:   202
Publication Date:   30 December 2022
Format:   Hardback
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The book rereads the historiography of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 documented by Bangladeshi, Indian, and Western historians to trace the position of women who share a negligible place in the gendered war history. It analyses how contemporary novels of South Asia have dealt with the war and highlights women’s issues like their subordination through blame, their agency in the war, and their victimization in the ethnic politics of their men. The book has also taken into account nonfictional works of contemporary women ethnographers and studies the lives of women who had engaged in the 1971 war not only as victims, but also as social workers, healthcare professionals, and fighters, and whose voice has been continuously suppressed in the post-war situation of Bangladesh. The book follows a postmodern approach to evaluate the ethnographic metanarratives in the forms of ethnographic fictions, oral history, interview, and memoirs in order to challenge women’s neglected place in the historical grand narratives of the 1971 war.

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Author:   Sanjib Kr Biswas ,  Priyanka Tripathi
Publisher:   Bloomsbury India
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic India
ISBN:  

9789354359095


ISBN 10:   9354359094
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   30 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: The Gendered History of the 1971 War and Women’s Narratives 2 Relocating the Women of the 1971 War in History 3 Women of the 1971 War in Fictional Narratives 4 Women of the 1971 War in Narrative Non-fiction 5 Feminist Narratives of 1971: The Present and the Future References Index About the Authors

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Sanjib Kr Biswas presently works as a postgraduate teacher of English at Rasakhowa High School (HS), West Bengal, India. Formerly he was an Academic Counselor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University. He completed his PhD in 2021 from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna, India. He is the recipient of two state level prizes for writing. He has published with Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, Journal of International Women’s Studies (Bridgewater State University, USA), Journal of Gender Studies (Taylor & Francis), etc. Priyanka Tripathi is an Associate Professor of English and Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (India). She has published extensively with Indian Literature, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, GeoHumanities, Economic and Political Weekly amongst others. She has received several grants: JIWS fellowship 2021-22 (Bridgewater State University), Shastri Conference And Lecture Series Grant (Sclsg) 2021-22, Post colonial Association grant 2020-21 CIIL conference grant 2020 amongst others. She has also worked on several government sponspored projects related to gender issues. She works in the area of gender studies, South Asian fiction, GeoHumanities and graphic novels.

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