Gender Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses
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CONTENTS
Introduction | xi |
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The Dyadic Counterpoint of Inside/Outside in Rama Mehta’s Inside the Haveli -Anmona Bora |
23 |
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Draupadi, Manorama and the Laugh of Dopdi: Transgressive Body -Mrinal Sarkar |
31 |
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Negotiating Gender and Identity in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine - Prachi Priyanka and Sonika Raman |
40 |
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Working-mother and Motherhood: An Ethical Perspective -Sayani Bhattacharya and Dr. Atreyee Mukherjee |
48 |
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The Obsessive Search for the Meaning of Existence: A Critical View of Selected Anita Desai's Novels -Tanbir Shahnawaz |
59 |
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Death before Birth: A Study on Female Foeticide in India -Dr. Ashrafuzzaman Chowdhury | 71 |
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Male Domination and Women Empowerment as Reflected in the Thoughts and Writings of Rabindranath Tagore: An Analysis -Dr. Debarati Nandy |
78 |
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Spotting Signs of Child Sexual Abuse in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe and Eating Wasps -Gandhimathi S and Mangayarkarasi T |
88 |
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A Part yet Apart”: An Overview of Indian Female Immigration in Canada and Its Socio-Cultural Implications -Dr. Swagata Bhattacharya |
94 |
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On Becoming a Woman – Patriarchal Control and Gendered Subjugation in Bengali Wedding Songs -Sucharita Sen |
109 |
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Transgenders’ Individual and Community: Life and Struggle of Indian Transgender as Reflected in Living Smile Vidya’s I am Vidya: A Transgender’s Journey -Raghabendra Garai |
119 |
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Ontological Status of ‘Gendered Body’: Androgyny and Gender Socialization in India through the Writings of Mahesh Dattani and Bama Faustina -Labani Sarkar |
129 |
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Gender Discrimination and Feminist Writers in India: An Overview and Its Recent Trend in Indian English Literature -Joydev Maity |
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The Discourse of Child Sexual Abuse in a Family Saga: Home by Manju Kapur -Neha Kumari |
141 |
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Reflections of Women in the Zo Tradition through a Psychoanalytic Feminist Lens -Michael KC Thanga |
149 |
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Expatriate Experiences and Limboid Trauma of Female Protagonist in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake -Abdul Muqeet |
157 |
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A Theoretical Study on Abuses Faced by Children in India -Divyabharathi M. S. |
162 |
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Gender Disparity in India: A Critical Insight -Subrata Barman |
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Feminism and Nationalism -Sonal Kusumakar | 173 |
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Education as a Panacea for Empowerment of Women in India -Arjun Sarader | 183 |
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Marginalization of Women in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors -Archid Gogoi |
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Gender Twist with Intersectionality: Indian and Western Feminist Views -Piyali Ghosh | 202 |
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A Woman's Experience in Indian Diaspora: Revisiting the Story of Ashima in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake -Lopamudra Adhikary |
214 |
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Women Empowerment in Peasant Movement -Biplob Ghosh | 221 |
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Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: Gender Discrimination and the Indian Society - Rafikul Hassan | 228 |
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Charting out a New Space: A Study of a New Self in Ismat Chughtai’s ‘Lihaaf’ - Prajnajyoti Dutta |
234 |
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Dismantling the Conventional Image of Womanhood: A Study of Modern New Woman in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe – Dipak Giri |
241 |
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Notes on the Contributors | 252 |
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Index | 255 |
Notes on the Contributor
1. Anmona Bora is a former Associate Professor, Department of English, J.B. College (Autonomous), Jorhat, Assam.
2. Mrinal Sarkar is an Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lalbaba College, Howrah, West Bengal.
3. Dr. Prachi Priyanka is an Assistant Professor, School of Language and Culture, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
4. Sonika Raman is a Research Scholar, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
5. Sayani Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Silda Chandrasekhar College, Silda, Jhargram, West Bengal.
6. Dr. Atreyee Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, West Bengal..
7. Tanbir Shahnawaz is an Assistant Professor, Department of English, Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
8. Dr. Ashrafuzzaman Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, J.B.College (Autonomous), Jorhat,Assam.
9. Dr. Debarati Nandy is an Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Taki Govt. College, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
10. Gandhimathi S is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of English, Manonmanian Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
11. Mangayarkarasi T is an Assistant Professor, Department of English, Rani Anna Government College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
12. Swagata Bhattacharya is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
13. Sucharita Sen is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
14. Raghabendra Garai is a former Guest Lecturer of English, Bikramjeet Goswami Memorial College, Garhjoypur, Purulia, West Bengal and a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
15. Labani Sarkar is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.
16. Joydev Maity is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.
17. Neha Kumari is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
18. Michael KC Thanga is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya.
19. Abdul Muqeet is a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of English, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar.
20. Divyabharathi M. S. is a Post Graduate, Counseling and Family Therapy, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India.
21. Subrata Barman is a Post Graduate, Department of Political Science, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar, West Bengal.
22. Sonal Kusumakar is an Independent Researcher, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
23. Arjun Sarader is a Post Graduate, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
24. Archid Gogoi is a Post Graduate, Department of English, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.
25. Piyali Ghosh is a State Aided College Teacher, Category-1, Mahadevananda Mahavidyalaya, Barrackpore, West Bengal and an M. Phil Research Scholar, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal.
26. Lopamudra Adhikary is a State Aided College Teacher, Department of English, Jamini Roy College, Bankura, West Bengal.
27. Biplob Ghosh is an Assistant Teacher in Political Science, Sahebganj High School (H.S.), Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal and a Ph.D. Research Scholar, North Bengal University, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
28. Rafikul Hassan is an Assistant Teacher of English, Kanua Bhabanipur K.R.H.N. High Madrasah (H.S.), Chanchal, Malda, West Bengal.
29. Prajnajyoti Dutta is a State Aided College Teacher, Cooch Behar College, West Bengal and a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar, West Bengal.
30. Dipak Giri is an Assistant Teacher in English, Katamari High School (H.S.), Cooch Behar, West Bengal and a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.