Borders and Boundaries by Ritu Menon - 9780813525525

Borders and BoundariesHow Women Experienced the Partition of India\nAuthor(s): Ritu Menon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813525525, 978-0813525525\nSynopsis\nAs an event of shattering consequence, the Partition of India remains significant today. While Partition sounds smooth on paper, the reality was horrific. More than eight million people migrated and one million died in the process. The forced migration, violence between Hindus and Muslims, and mass widowhood were unprecedented and well-documented. What was less obvious but equally real was that millions of people had to realign their identities, uncertain about who they thought they were. The rending of the social and emotional fabric that took place in 1947 is still far from mended.\n\nWhile there are plenty of official accounts of Partition, there are few social histories and no feminist histories. Borders and Boundaries changes that, prov.