Gender, Nationalism, and Genocide in Bangladesh: Naristhan/Ladyland

by Azra Rashid

Book Overview

The 1971 genocide in Bangladesh took place as a result of the region's long history of colonization, the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent into largely Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India, and the continuation of ethnic and religious politics in Pakistan, specifically the political suppression of the Bengali people of East Pakistan. The violence endured by women during the 1971 genocide is repeated in the writing of national history. The secondary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036758316X
• ISBN13: 9780367583163
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"