the List

For posterity, lest I ever think of going back to school.

Gender and the Nation:
'Marginality, Women and Shame', Inderpal Grewal
'The Question of the Other', Luce Irigaray
Recasting Women, ed. by Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaid
Sexual/Textual Politics, Toril Moi
Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai
Shame, Salman Rushdie

Migration and Diaspora:
'Diasporas in Modern Socities: Myths of Homeland and Return', William Safran
'The Diasporic Imaginary: Theorizing the Indian Diaspora', Vijay Mishra
'Relocation as Positive Act: The Immigrant Experience in Bharati Mukherjee's Novels', Carmen Wickramagamage
'Nostalgia', Bharati Mukherjee
'Squatter', Rohinton Mistry

Partition:
'Landscapes of Memory: Trauma, Narrative and Dissociation', Laurence Kirmayer
Stories about the Partition of India, ed. by Alok Bhalla
'Lajwanti', Rajinder Singh Bedi
'The Peshawar Express', Krishan Chander
'Toba Tek Singh', Saadat Hasan Manto

Urban Landscapes:
The Practice of Everyday Life, Michel de Certeau
The Idea of India, Sunil Khilnani
Death of Vishnu, Manil Suri
Mothsmoke, Mohsin Hamid

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