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@article{183373,
        author = {Ambi Ramya},
        title = {Embodied Resistance The Politics of the Female Body in Mahasweta Devi's Literary Corpus},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {1104-1112},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183373},
        abstract = {This article examines Mahasweta Devi's radical reimagining of the female body as a site of both oppression and resistance through a comprehensive feminist literary analysis of her key works. Drawing on intersectional feminist criticism, corporeal feminist theory, and materialist feminist approaches, this study analyzes how Devi transforms women's bodies from objects of patriarchal control into powerful symbols of agency and defiance. Through close textual analysis of "Draupadi," "Breast-Giver," "Behind the Bodice," and "Rudali," this research demonstrates how Devi's corporeal aesthetics challenge conventional feminist literary frameworks while illuminating the intersectional oppression faced by marginalized women in Indian society. The article argues that Devi's innovative treatment of bodily resistance offers crucial insights for developing transnational feminist literary criticism that moves beyond Western-centric theoretical paradigms. By positioning women's bodies as contested terrains where multiple forms of domination converge and are simultaneously resisted, Devi's work contributes significantly to decolonizing feminist literary theory while establishing a distinctly Indian feminist aesthetic that foregrounds embodied resistance as a form of political action.},
        keywords = {Mahasweta Devi, feminist literary criticism, corporeal feminism, intersectionality, embodied resistance, Indian women's literature},
        month = {August},
        }