Screen LibraryBengalis in Burma : a colonial encounter (1886-1948) /
"Parthasarathi Bhaumik is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He co-edited Memory, Images, Imagination: An Anthology of Bangla and Oriya Writings on Colonial Burma (1886-1948). He worked with the British Library, UK as a Chevening Fellow, and bu...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Parthasarathi Bhaumik is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He co-edited Memory, Images, Imagination: An Anthology of Bangla and Oriya Writings on Colonial Burma (1886-1948). He worked with the British Library, UK as a Chevening Fellow, and built a database on 'Nationalism, Independence, and Partition in South Asia (1900-1950)'. He is presently the Joint Director of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, and engaged in archiving resources pertaining to the history and cultures of South Asia"-- |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781032148632 1032148632 9781032148694 1032148691 |
| Index Number: | DS528 |
| CLC: | K337.803 |
| Call Number: | K337.803/B575 |
| Contents: | Prologue -- Historical background of Burma-Bengal cultural relations -- Describing Burma Muluk: Burma in Bangla literary discourses (1886-1937) -- Distrust and riots (1937-1948) -- World War II and Burma: heroism, violence and exodus (1938-48) -- Epilogue. |