Contemporary women's writing in India / edited by Varun Gulati and Mythili Anoop.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gulati, Varun, editor.

Anoop, Mythili, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.

Indic literature (English).

Women and literature--India.

Women and literature.

Feminism and literature.

Indic literature (English)--Women authors.

India.

Feminism and literature--India.

Physical Description:

xviii, 187 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

The word doyenne signifies the various expressions of female, feminine, and feminist aspects of contemporary literature in India through multiple theoretical frameworks. Contemporary Women's Writing in India is an edited collection dealing with a range of these issues set in Indian culture. Indian women's literature is still a fertile ground for critical inquiry. There are three sections in this book: Section I deals with specific instances in history, historical constructions, and representations of gender. Section II offers a varied spectrum of feminist critical discourse on contemporary Indian women's writing, intersecting with the frameworks of postcolonial theory, deconstruction, perspectives on race and ethnicity, and eco-feminism. Section III touches upon the notion of the woman's body and psyche through the varied perspectives of psychoanalysis, feminism, and post-feminism. By thoroughly exploring a range of issues, this book promises to take the reader by the hand, and journey through the unfamiliar but refreshing landscape of women's literature in India. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Dwelling in the Archive: Historical Representations 1

1 Herstory: Nayantara Sahgal's Prison and Chocolate Cake / Rachel Bari Bari, Rachel 3

2 Producing Nation: Gender and the Idea of India / Etienne Rassendren Rassendren, Etienne 15

3 Where is "Home"? A Study of Taslima Nasreen's Homecoming and Asif Currimbhoy's The Refugee / Anju Jagpal Jagpal, Anju 35

4 Scar(r)ed Women: Reading Fictional Representations of Women Afflicted by Insurgent Conflict / Mukuta Borah Borah, Mukuta 47

5 Caught in the Crossfire of History: Social Reality of Postcolonial India in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day / Prainad Kumar Das Das, Prainad Kumar, Narayan Jena Jena, Narayan 59

Section II Reflections on Feminism: Critical Discourses on Select Doyennes 67

6 Assertion of "Self": A Feminist Discourse in Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters and A Married Woman / Sutapa Biswas Biswas, Sutapa 69

7 Deconstructing the Stereotypes: A Study of Jhumba Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth" and Ismat Chughtai's "The Quilt" / Gauri Mandapaka Mandapaka, Gauri 79

8 The Alienated Self: Ashima in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake / Shyamkiran Kaur Kaur, Shyamkiran, Rajinder K. Sen Sen, Rajinder K., Poonam Pahuja Pahuja, Poonam 89

9 Between Silence and Scream: A Study of Violence Against Women in Manjula Padmanabhan's Lights Out / Bhavesh Kumar Kumar, Bhavesh, Anand Mahanand Mahanand, Anand 97

10 Negotiating with Pluralities: Gender and Sexuality in Selected Novels of Shani Mootoo / Neetu Devi Devi, Neetu, Ashutosh Singh Singh, Ashutosh 107

11 Identity Crises in Namita Gokhale's Paro: Dreams of Passion / Shalini Vohra Vohra, Shalini, Mudita Agnihotri Agnihotri, Mudita, Meenakshi Saini Saini, Meenakshi 115

Section III Transferences: Interrogating Women's Bodies and Psyches 121

12 Psychological Explorations: A Study of Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe / Anjali Verma Verma, Anjali, Prerna Jatav Jatav, Prerna 123

13 Mahari Then and Now: Queering Performativity in Odissi / Kaustavi Sarkar Sarkar, Kaustavi, Paul Boyce Boyce, Paul 131

14 Feminism and the Gendered Body in Sarah Aboobackar's "Sahana": A Saga of Mute Agony / Ambika G. Mallya Mallya, Ambika G., Shashikantha Koudur Koudur, Shashikantha 151

15 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions: An Écriture Féminine / Sarannya V. Pillai Pillai, Sarannya V. 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498502108

1498502105

OCLC:

890509888