Forms of the left in postcolonial south Asia : aesthetics, networks and connected histories /
This book explores aesthetic forms of the left to negotiate the political frontiers of post-colonial, post-partition south Asia. Spanning India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the contributors study art, film and literature to illuminate interconnections across regions and countries, and discus...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2022].
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| Series: | Critical perspectives in South Asian history.
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| Summary: | This book explores aesthetic forms of the left to negotiate the political frontiers of post-colonial, post-partition south Asia. Spanning India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the contributors study art, film and literature to illuminate interconnections across regions and countries, and discuss the shifting political contours of the region during the latter half of the 20th century. With a clear focus and conceptualization this volume raises two key questions. How did left-wing art generate cultural and social formations and how did aesthetic forms hold political value across the region? Reframing political aesthetics within a postcolonial and decolonized framework, it traces the trajectories and nuances the left-wing cultural movement took during decolonization, and focuses on connections and continuities across post-1947 India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Following the evolution of progressive culture in the 1950s and 60s, networks of leftist filmmakers and theatre activists in postcolonial Pakistan, and the changing fate of left cultural politics in Sri Lanka and India during the 1970s, this book looks to reinvigorate the entangled histories of the left cultural movement in post-partition south Asia. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350179172 1350179175 |