Women's struggle for identity in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day
In her novel Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai portrays Indian women as marginalized characters facing challenges and burdens imposed by patriarchal society. They resemble colonial subjects whose lives are fractured. Among the female characters Bim, Tara, their mother and Aunt Mira, all are subordinat...
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| description | In her novel Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai portrays Indian women as marginalized characters facing challenges and burdens imposed by patriarchal society. They resemble colonial subjects whose lives are fractured. Among the female characters Bim, Tara, their mother and Aunt Mira, all are subordinated by a male-dominant culture which underestimates female subjectivity. This paper illustrates how these women manage their precarious situation and stand up to a society controlled by men. This study reflects on these women’s lives to see how they find different ways to assert their existence. One way in which these female characters survive is by entering male dominated society and adopting their language and culture. As these women are unable to improve their circumstances, they struggle to establish their own identity using the oppressor’s language and culture. |
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| spelling | upm-423382016-04-13T03:17:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42338/ Women's struggle for identity in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day Heidari, Marjan Abbasiyannejad, Mina Shobeiri, Ashkan In her novel Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai portrays Indian women as marginalized characters facing challenges and burdens imposed by patriarchal society. They resemble colonial subjects whose lives are fractured. Among the female characters Bim, Tara, their mother and Aunt Mira, all are subordinated by a male-dominant culture which underestimates female subjectivity. This paper illustrates how these women manage their precarious situation and stand up to a society controlled by men. This study reflects on these women’s lives to see how they find different ways to assert their existence. One way in which these female characters survive is by entering male dominated society and adopting their language and culture. As these women are unable to improve their circumstances, they struggle to establish their own identity using the oppressor’s language and culture. Common Ground Publishing 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42338/1/Women%27s%20struggle%20for%20identity%20in%20Anita%20Desai%27s%20Clear%20Light%20of%20Day.pdf Heidari, Marjan and Abbasiyannejad, Mina and Shobeiri, Ashkan (2011) Women's struggle for identity in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day. International Journal of the Humanities, 9 (3). pp. 31-40. ISSN 1447-9508; ESSN: 1447-9559 http://minaabbasiyannejad.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.2047/index_html?manage_tabs_message=Product+added+to+order+-+click+%27Your+Cart%27+in+the+top+right+corner+to+view+your+shopping+cart+and+proceed+with+your+order%21 |
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