A study on Gendered subalterns in Mahasweta Devi's Select Short Stories

  • Unique Paper ID: 154984
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 1022-1025
  • Abstract:
  • Literature is a genre through which writers since the inception of civilization have empathically highlighted the current issues of the day. The Novelist and writers since the time immemorial have been instrumental in mirroring the plight of subordinated and exploited classes. Mahasweta Devi perfectly employs in pointing out the ideas of subaltern. The aim of this study is to look at their critical spaces through Mahasweta Devi’s narrative world which is densely populated with women folk of disposed Adivasi community. Through this research, an attempt is made to understand the problems and struggles of the tribal women in particular.

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@article{154984,
        author = {J.Jeyashivani and Dr. A Chandra Bose},
        title = {A study on Gendered subalterns in Mahasweta Devi's Select Short Stories},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {8},
        number = {12},
        pages = {1022-1025},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=154984},
        abstract = { Literature is a genre through which writers since the inception of civilization have empathically highlighted the current issues of the day. The Novelist and writers since the time immemorial have been instrumental in mirroring the plight of subordinated and exploited classes. Mahasweta Devi perfectly employs in pointing out the ideas of subaltern.  The aim of this study is to look at their critical spaces through Mahasweta Devi’s narrative world which is densely populated with women folk of disposed Adivasi community. Through this research, an attempt is made to understand the problems and struggles of the tribal women in particular.  },
        keywords = {Subaltern, Tribal, women, enslavement, exploitation, marginalized},
        month = {},
        }

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 1022-1025

A study on Gendered subalterns in Mahasweta Devi's Select Short Stories

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