ImpactofMetropolitan CultureonMarriage:A StudyonDé’s Select Texts

  • Mr. AMIT KUMARPANDEY
  • Dr. ARCHANA DURGESHVERMA
Keywords: Gender Issues, Privacy, Identity, Subjectivity, Quest.

Abstract

Shobhaa Dé, an advocate of Feminism in her writing, portrays her female protagonists assertively, utilizing thenarrativetounderscoreherargumentthatthepersonalrealmtranscendsmereprivacyandholdspoliticalsignificance.Thesecentralcharactersinherliteraryworksemergeasoutspokencriticschallengingsocietalnormsandregulations.Theydeviatefromtheconventionalmoldofwomenwhotolerateabusive,unsatisfactory,ordiscomfortingrelationshipsacross various dimensions, be it male dominance, objectification, sexual discontent, passion, or other facets. Breakingthe silence surrounding these issues, they reject the notion of it being a taboo. In contrast, Dé refrains from depictingmale characters as outright villains; instead, she subtly reveals that they are shaped by the patriarchal constructs evidentin the storyline. The gender issues exploredin her works extend beyond the realm of female oppression within domesticviolencescenarios.Rather,theydelveintotheunspokenvoidofsexualdissatisfactionexperiencedbyallfemalecharacters.Whilemalecharacterstraditionallybearrolesassociatedwithsexualprowess,power,andadistinctself-identity, the female figures in Dé’s narratives defy these stereotypical molds. They serve as representations of women,assertingtheiragencybyexpressingsexualdesires,wieldingpower,andyearningforasenseofself-identity.Consequently, this research centers on Shobhaa Dé’snovels, namelySocialite Evenings(1989),Sisters(1992),StarryNights(1991),andSecondThoughts(1996),allofwhichgrapplewithgender-relatedthemes.Thestudynotonlyscrutinizes the challenges and issues presented but also illuminates the struggles faced by the protagonists in their quest
for self-identity.

Author Biographies

Mr. AMIT KUMARPANDEY

Ph. D. Student,Department of Humanities,School of Humanitiesand Social Sciences, BabuBanarasi Das University,Lucknow,(U. P.),India

Dr. ARCHANA DURGESHVERMA

Associate Professor,Department of Humanities,School of Humanitiesand Social Sciences, Babu Banarasi Das University,Lucknow,(U. P.),India

References

1.Dé, Shobhaa.Second Thoughts. Gurgaon: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
2.Dé, Shobhaa.Sisters. Gurgaon: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
3.Dé, Shobhaa.Socialite Evenings. Gurgaon: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
4.Dé, Shobhaa.Starry Nights. Gurugram: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
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Published
2024-09-09
How to Cite
Mr. AMIT KUMARPANDEY, & Dr. ARCHANA DURGESHVERMA. (2024). ImpactofMetropolitan CultureonMarriage:A StudyonDé’s Select Texts. Revista Electronica De Veterinaria, 25(1), 2600-2603. https://doi.org/10.69980/redvet.v25i1.1307
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