National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 War in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction

by Cara N. Cilano

Book Overview

In 1971, a war which took place in Pakistan that resulted in the establishment of two separate countries; East Pakistan became Bangladesh, leaving the remaining four western provinces to comprise a truncated Pakistan. This book examines how literature by those who remained Pakistanis acts as a cultural response to the threat the war posed to a nationalist identity. It provides an analysis of the writing by Pakistani authors in their attempt to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138862967
• ISBN13: 9781138862968
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"