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Speaking Havoc

Social Suffering and South Asian Narratives

Autor: Ramu Nagappan

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Editura: University of Washington Press

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Who has the right to speak about trauma? As cultural products, narratives of social suffering parado...

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Autor

Ramu Nagappan

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2005

Pagini

256

EAN

9780295985572

ISBN

0295985577

Enbook ID

04874590

Editura

University of Washington Press

Greutate

354

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 19

Descriere completă

Who has the right to speak about trauma? As cultural products, narratives of social suffering paradoxically release us from responsibility while demanding that we examine our own connectedness to the circumstances that produce suffering. As a result, the text's act of 'speaking havoc' rebounds in unsettling ways. "Speaking Havoc" investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. Amitav Ghosh's modernist novel "The Shadow Lines" (1988), "A Fine Balance" (1995) by Rohinton Mistry, the short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, Salman Rushdie's postmodernist novel "Shame" (1983), and the 'spectacular' films of Maniratnam, each bear witness to social violence in South Asia.These works confront squarely the catastrophes and innumerable minor tragedies that arise from clashes among religious and ethnic communities. Focusing on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and more recent religious conflicts between India and Pakistan, Nagappan demonstrates the differing ways that narratives engage the political violence that has marked the last fifty years of South Asian history.Is it possible to tell fully the stories of those who have died and those who have survived? Can writing really act as a counter to silence? In his compassionate engagement with these concerns, Nagappan demonstrates the relevance of literature and literary studies to fundamental sociological, anthropological, and political issues. With its interdisciplinary scope, historical perspective, and lucid style, "Speaking Havoc" is destined to become a foundational text for scholars of South Asian studies and postcolonial and cultural studies, and for readers interested in trauma and social suffering as well as in the literature, films, and histories that take this field as their topic.