National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fiction

National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fiction Cilano Cara Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2015 ISBN: 9781138862968 Liczba stron: 164 Format: 234 x 156 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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.