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Frames of Displacement: Reimagining Partition through Cinema's Hidden Narratives

  • Unique Paper ID: 170936
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 2954-2958
  • Abstract:
  • This paper examines the Partition of India through micro-narratives, focusing on individual experiences rather than the grand, meta-narratives driven by political leaders like Gandhi, Jinnah, and Mountbatten. The research aims to explore how cinema, as a medium, portrays the lived experiences of those affected by the partition, challenging the dominant political and national discourses. The paper addresses the research gap by emphasizing how films such as Earth, Garam Hawa, Gandhi, Jinnah, Mammo, and Midnight’s Children foreground the individual and collective traumas of displacement, contrasting with the traditional narratives of statehood and religious division. The significance of the research lies in its ability to highlight the emotional and psychological aftermath of partition, often overlooked in historical accounts. Using a qualitative analysis of films, the paper adopts a narrative approach, employing Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm and Walter Benjamin's concept of the "optical unconscious" to analyze cinematic representations of partition. The study explores how the moving image facilitates a deeper understanding of personal experiences during partition, offering insights into the human side of historical events. By analyzing these films selected through convenient sampling, the research seeks to deconstruct the meta-narratives of history and politics, proposing a shift towards micro-narratives that challenge and complicate the accepted historical accounts.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 2954-2958

Frames of Displacement: Reimagining Partition through Cinema's Hidden Narratives

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