Violence-Pandemic Afflicting Women Lives: A Critical Study of Gendered Violence in Indian Women Poetry
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A most unfortunate and deplorable facet of human civilization is that even till the 21st century, barbaric multi-dimensional violence against women continues to plague women’s lived existence across globe .Violence is a part and parcel of Women’s World and Word. Indian women poets have also given a succinct and intense expression to the multi-layered gendered violence afflicting the personal and community life of women. This paper takes up a perusal of various representations of violence in the poetic corpus of Indian women poets. It also explores the intersectionality between class , caste, religion and gender-violence.
Author: Dr. Rashmi Bajaj
Institution: Baba Mastnath University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405138306