Women's 'Retrieval' from Pakistan: 'India's Daughters' and the Emotional History of Partition. Issue 4 (4th July 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Women's 'Retrieval' from Pakistan: 'India's Daughters' and the Emotional History of Partition. Issue 4 (4th July 2021)
- Main Title:
- Women's 'Retrieval' from Pakistan: 'India's Daughters' and the Emotional History of Partition
- Authors:
- Dandekar, Deepra
- Abstract:
- Abstract: The Partition of 1947 remains an important reference point for Hindu nationalist political discourse in India, defining its relationship with Pakistan and Muslims in South Asia. This article investigates the use of the label 'India's daughters' by the BJP-led NDA government (2014–15), a term originally used to describe Hindu and Sikh women retrieved from Pakistan in 1947. It offers an example of the emotional power wielded by Partition metaphors and demonstrates the BJP's attempts to insert itself into the emotional history of Partition by transforming the meanings of its terms. The case of Uzma Ahmad's retrieval from Pakistan acts as a case in point, illustrating the BJP's increasing attempts to harness Partition semantics.
- Is Part Of:
- South Asia. Volume 44:Issue 4(2021)
- Journal:
- South Asia
- Issue:
- Volume 44:Issue 4(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 44, Issue 4 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0044-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 703
- Page End:
- 720
- Publication Date:
- 2021-07-04
- Subjects:
- Emotions -- Hindu -- history -- metaphor -- nationalism -- Pakistan -- Partition -- retrieval -- women
South Asia -- Periodicals
South Asia -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
954.005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csas20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/00856401.2021.1957594 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0085-6401
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- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 8348.564500
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