Graphic Migrations - 9781439920244

Graphic MigrationsPrecarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora\nAuthor(s): Kavita Daiya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439920244, 978-1439920244\nSynopsis\nIn Graphic Migrations, Kavita Daiya provides a literary and cultural archive of refugee stories and experiences to respond to the question What is created? after decolonization and the 1947 Partition of India. She explores how stories of Partition migrations shape and influence the political and cultural imagination of secularism and contribute to gendered citizenship for South Asians in India and its diasporas.\n\nDaiya analyzes modern literature, Bollywood films, Margaret Bourke-Whites photography, advertising, and print culture to show how they memorialize or erase refugee experiences. She also uses oral testimonies of Partition refugees from Hong Kong, South Asia, and North America to draw out the tensions of the nation-state, eth.