Mujer y violencia en la literatura india contemporáneaFasting, Feasting (1999), Sangati: Events (2005) y Witness the Night (2010)

  1. Carmen Escobedo de Tapia 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Oceánide

ISSN: 1989-6328

Año de publicación: 2018

Número: 10

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Oceánide

Resumen

This paper briefly outlines a general panorama of the concept of gender violence with an aim to focus on the context of gender violence in India. The literary text stands as a means to subvert the patriarchal system of the Indian society, which nurtures from firmly-rooted religious beliefs and social traditions, and creates a social web where women seem to be entangled. Through a detailed analysis of Fasting, Feasting (Desai, 1999), Sangati: Events (Bama, 2005) and Witness the Night (Desai, 2010), Anita Desai, tamil author Bama and Kishwar Desai, depict the situation of the Indian woman, subject to a social violence which relegates and marginalizes her both in the domestic and collective spheres without distinction of caste, age or job. Female authors and their female protagonists become, thus, Durgas who claim from this social silence and provide words, through the literary text, with the force to denounce and back up the fight to, hopefully, achieve social justice for women in the context of the Indian subcontinent.

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