Recall and Retell: Literary Registers of Memory, Identity, and Resistance in India, 1st Edition

.This volume explores the instrumental role played by memory in our daily and collective narratives and the manifold ways in which it can destabilize those prevailing in India. It explores manifestations of memory and postmemory through written narratives, within India’s social, political, and cultural memoryscape. Drawing on archival research, oral history collection, and textual and critical analysis, the book endeavours to reconstruct Indian experiences in all their richness and diversity, while challenging dominant paradigms and expanding the boundaries of collective memory. An important contribution, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of history, memory studies, partition studies, sociology, cultural studies, English literature, decolonization, and South Asian studies.Recall and Retell: Literary Registers of Memory, Identity, and Resistance in India 1st Edition and published by Routledge India. ISBNs for Recall and Retell are 9781040336168, 1040336167 and the print ISBNs are 9781032779218, 1032779217. Additional ISBNs include 9781040336083, 9781003602712, 9781041115939.