El cuerpo de la mujer como trofeo nacional en Cracking India de Bapsi Sidhwa: historias de vergüenza y culpa

Abstract

Cracking India (1991), considered the most remarkable novel by the Pakistani-American writer of Parsi descent Bapsi Sidhwa, focuses on the historical event of the Partition that took place in 1947, which divided the Indian subcontinent into the countries of India and Pakistan. The plot is substantially gynocentric and recounts the horrors of this territorial, political and social conflict and depicts how women were objectified not only from a sexual perspective, but also as trophies of power and humiliation on the enemy side. The aim of this article is to explore the concepts of shame and guilt in power relations, by applying the affect theory from a gender perspective.