Of Captivity and Resistance

Of Captivity and Resistance
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781009392754
ISBN-13 : 1009392751
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Download or read book Of Captivity and Resistance written by Sharmila Purkayastha and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intervention in the field of dissenting writings by women political detainees in India in the 1970s, and it straddles three interlinked areas: politics, prison and writing. It focuses on writings arising out of Bengal's Naxalite movement (1967–1975) and from the pan-Indian period of Emergency (1975–1977).


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