Borders & Boundaries: Women in India's Partition by Kamla Bhasin, Ritu Menon

Borders & Boundaries: Women in India's Partition

Kamla Bhasin, Ritu Menon

274 pages first pub 1998 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers seeking a deeply human perspective on historical trauma, who appreciate feminist analysis of how political upheavals reshape women's lives and challenge traditional narratives.

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In 1947 India was simultaneously freed and divided. Partition affected everyone in one way or another, but it had a particular impact on women as they struggled to put their lives back together again. How did they find their place in this land of ...

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