![]() ![]() ![]() His overarching argument, in similar vein to some of both Edward Said's and Seamus Deane's critical thinking, as well as of recent work on partition by Gyan Pandey, is that the cultural aftermaths of partition "can usefully be grasped in terms of a recurring dialectic of tradition and modernity." Cleary's study combines a central section (presumably the guts of his doctoral dissertation) of very close readings of a number of novels and one film, with a framing discussion of the historical and theoretical implications of partition in Germany, Ireland, and Palestine. ![]() Joe Cleary's comparative study of "the contemporary legacies and cultural politics of partition" in Ireland, Israel, and Palestine is a contribution to the burgeoning and important area of scholarship that we might call "Partition Studies." Anthropologists, historians, biblical scholars, and, to a lesser extent, cultural and literary critics have revisited the partitions of India, Ireland, and Palestine in particular in recent years. Literature, Partition and the Nation-State: Culture and Conflict in Ireland, Israel and Palestine. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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