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Since 1947 : partition narratives among Punjabi migrants of Delhi /

S̀ince 1947', an oft-encountered phrase in Delhi, has been used in this book for an incursion into the embedded themes of disruption in everyday life: forced migration, and then reparation; rearrangement; and renewed embodiment of the migrant's personal and social bearings. It explores how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravinder Kaur (Professor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Forced migration > India.
Panjabis (South Asian people) > Relocation > India > Delhi.
India > History > Partition, 1947 > Personal narratives.
Delhi (India) > Emigration and immigration.
Pakistan > Emigration and immigration.
Inde > Histoire > 1947 (Partage) > Récits personnels.
Emigration and immigration.
Forced migration.
Pakistan.
India.
India > Delhi.
Teilung
Umsiedlung
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Pandschab
Delhi
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
South Asia.
1947
Electronic books.
History.
Personal narratives.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:S̀ince 1947', an oft-encountered phrase in Delhi, has been used in this book for an incursion into the embedded themes of disruption in everyday life: forced migration, and then reparation; rearrangement; and renewed embodiment of the migrant's personal and social bearings. It explores how past is employed to repair ruptures in people's ordinary lives. It specifically delves into the Partition experience used by Punjabi Hindu refugees to evolve coping strategies when forced to leave their homes in 1947, and examines the emerging identification process.
Physical Description:1 online resource (277 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199081844
0199081840