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While Partition sounds smooth on paper, the reality was horrific. ![]() 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. While there are plenty of official accounts of Partition, there are few social histories and no feminist histories. Borders and Boundaries changes that, providing first-hand accounts and memoirs, juxtaposed alongside official government accounts. They explore what country, nation, and religious identity meant for women, and they address the question of the nation-state and the gendering of citizenship. In the largest ever peace-time mass migration of people, violence against women became the norm. Thousands of women committed suicide or were done to death by their own kinsmen. A young woman might have been separated from her family when a convoy was ambushed, abducted by people of another religion, forced to convert, and forced into marriage or cohabitation. After bearing a child, she would be offered the opportunity to return only if she left her child behind and if she could face shame in her natal community. These stories do not paint their subjects as victims. Theirs are the stories of battles over gender, the body, sexuality, and nationalism-stories of women fighting for identity. She is co-editor of Against All Odds: Essays on Women, Religion, and Development from India and Pakistan. KAMLA BHASIN has written extensively on participatory training for women and on sustainable development. Careers at BN BN Kitchen BN Press Sitemap Quick Help Customer Service Shipping FAQs Buy Online, Pick up in Store Order Status Easy Returns Product Recalls Corrections Updates NOOK NOOK Tablet eReaders NOOK Mobile Apps Shop by Category New Releases Kids Teens YA Stationery Gifts LEGO Games eBooks Find a Store Sign up for savings, news, updates Submit your email address to receive Barnes Noble offers updates. Facebook Twitter Instagram Terms of Use Copyright Trademark Privacy Do Not Sell My Personal Information Accessibility Cookie Policy 1997-2020 Barnes Noble Booksellers, Inc. Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.
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