Shamika Shabnam teaches in the Department of English at Capilano University, Canada. She completed her PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University on the politics of gender and nation-making during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Her research is on memory and trauma within South Asian history, literature, and culture.

• Introduction: Gender and Remnants of a Forgotten Past: Rethinking the Liberation War and its Disremembered OthersChapter 1: Mujiban Masculinity: Tracing the Political Trajectory of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanChapter 2: Muktijouddha Masculinity: Non-Fictional and Fictional Narratives of 1971Chapter 3: Muktijouddha and Motherhood: The Patriotic Mother and The Birangona-MaChapter 4: Women at the Intersections: The Nari jouddha and the Muktijouddha-BirangonaConclusion: Connecting Forgotten Histories: Liberation War and South Asian HistoryReferences

Shamika Shabnam teaches in the Department of English at Capilano University, Canada. She completed her PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University on the politics of gender and nation-making during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Her research is on memory and trauma within South Asian history, literature, and culture.

• Introduction: Gender and Remnants of a Forgotten Past: Rethinking the Liberation War and its Disremembered OthersChapter 1: Mujiban Masculinity: Tracing the Political Trajectory of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanChapter 2: Muktijouddha Masculinity: Non-Fictional and Fictional Narratives of 1971Chapter 3: Muktijouddha and Motherhood: The Patriotic Mother and The Birangona-MaChapter 4: Women at the Intersections: The Nari jouddha and the Muktijouddha-BirangonaConclusion: Connecting Forgotten Histories: Liberation War and South Asian HistoryReferences

Shamika Shabnam teaches in the Department of English at Capilano University, Canada. She completed her PhD in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University on the politics of gender and nation-making during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Her research is on memory and trauma within South Asian history, literature, and culture.

• Introduction: Gender and Remnants of a Forgotten Past: Rethinking the Liberation War and its Disremembered OthersChapter 1: Mujiban Masculinity: Tracing the Political Trajectory of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanChapter 2: Muktijouddha Masculinity: Non-Fictional and Fictional Narratives of 1971Chapter 3: Muktijouddha and Motherhood: The Patriotic Mother and The Birangona-MaChapter 4: Women at the Intersections: The Nari jouddha and the Muktijouddha-BirangonaConclusion: Connecting Forgotten Histories: Liberation War and South Asian HistoryReferences