Dissertations and Theses
Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
Robert Higney
Second Advisor
Daniel Gustafson
Keywords
South Asia, Subaltern, Postcolonial, Spirit possession, Archive, Marginalized, Feminism
Abstract
In this paper, I argue how Humayun Ahmed's Debi offers insight into the function that archives play in creating radical nationalism in a country like Bangladesh; how these archives work to consolidate political power for a select few, and how they further subjugate and silence the country’s subalterns.
Recommended Citation
Islam, Nilima, "Humayun Ahmed and Archival Hauntings: The Subaltern Experience of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh as Portrayed in Debi" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/793
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