Repression and Expression: a Freudo-feminist Analysis of Nasrin, Durrani, and Kandasamy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper provides a Freudo-Feminist analysis of some selected works of Taslima Nasrin, Tehmina Durrani, and Meena Kandasamy with the focus on the psychodynamics of female repression, trauma, and aesthetic resistance. Based on the Freudian psychoanalysis and feminist literary theory (which has been revised by 2025 developments in intersectionality), it analyzes the unconscious contradictions and the repressed desires as well as symbolic articulation of defiance inherent in their stories. Placing these works in the context of the shifting gender politics in South Asia, the paper illustrates how literature becomes the place of healing and subversion. The investigation makes a contribution to modern discussions in the field of digital feminism, caste and religious identity, and transnational solidarity movements in the field of postcolonial feminist writing.
Institution: Amity University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6931241685
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