{"product_id":"partitions-legacies-joya-chatterji-9781438483337","title":"Partition's Legacies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays on modern Indian history and the legacy of Partition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePartition's Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a selection of Joya Chatterji's finest and most influential essays. \"Partition, nation-making, frontiers, refugees, minority formation, and categories of citizenship have been my preoccupations,\" she writes in the preface, and these are also the major themes of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatterji's first book, \u003ci\u003eBengal Divided\u003c\/i\u003e, shifted the focus from Muslim fanaticism as the driving force of Partition towards \"secular\" nationalism and Hindu aggression. Her \u003ci\u003eSpoils of Partition\u003c\/i\u003e rejected the idea of Partition as a breaking apart, showing it to be a process in the remaking of society and state. Her third book, \u003ci\u003eBengal Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, cowritten with Claire Alexander and Annu Jalais, challenged the idea of migration and resettlement as exceptional situations. \u003ci\u003ePartition's Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e can be seen as continuous with Chatterji's earlier work as well as a distillation and expansion of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatterji is known for the elegance of her prose as much as for the sharpness of her insights into Indian history, and \u003ci\u003ePartition's Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e will enthrall everyone interested in modern India's apocalyptic past. \"What emerges from the essays,\" David Washbrook writes in the introduction, \"is often quite startling. The demarcation of Partition followed no master plan or even coherent strategy but was made up of myriad \u003ci\u003ead hoc\u003c\/i\u003e decisions taken on the ground, often by obscure actors. Refugee policy, immigrant rights, and even definitions of national citizenship ... were produced by no \u003ci\u003edeus ex machina\u003c\/i\u003e but out of day-to-day struggles on the streets and in the courts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joya Chatterji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438483333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438483337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.70d","brand":"Joya Chatterji","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622221689087,"sku":"9781438483337","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/partitions-legacies-joya-chatterji-9781438483337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}