| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.2

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Book Review

Asia

Tai Yong Tan and Gyanesh Kudaisya. The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia. (Routledge Series in the Modern History of Asia, number 3.) New York: Routledge. 2000. Pp. xiv, 322. $90.00.

There is something uncanny about the way scholars' gaze turns upon a certain theme at a certain historical juncture. The "inner" history of "Partition," a climacteric and persistent event in the life of South Asia(ns), has currently directed that gaze upon itself. True, the event has never left scholars alone. But, as shown by a refreshing crop of studies from scholars like Gyanendra Pandey, Urvashi Butalia, Ritu Menon, Kamla Bhasin, Mukulika Banerjee, Shail Mayaram, and, indeed, by the work under review, the new gaze has discarded the haute politique perspective of earlier historiography. That historiography, the authors of this carefully conceived study emphasize, was implicated in the politics of identities and cultural anxieties. It promoted, consequently, a chauvinistic and hagiographic approach, besides spawning conspiracy theories. . . .

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