Memory and Negotiations of Identity in Train to Pakistan

Abstract

L’articolo si concentra sul romanzo Train to Pakistan di Khushwant Singh per analizzare le negoziazioni identitarie tra gruppi etnico-religiosi differenti durante gli anni della Partition tra India e Pakistan, avvenuta nell’agosto 1947. Più in dettaglio, l’articolo proverà a dimostrare l’impatto, nell’economia delle relazioni sociali e delle pratiche violente descritte nel romanzo, delle “voci” che circolavano incontrollate lungo e attraverso gli allora ancora incerti confini che separavano le due nazioni nascenti.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-103

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