Voice, Identity, and Resistance: Major Trends in Kamala Das's Poetry
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: : Kamala Das was a prominent Indian English poet. She is also known as Madhavikutti. She was a bilingual writer who wrote in English and Malayalam. Kamala Das wrote freely about the body and the body hunger in her poems. She was very out spoken about sexuality. Kamala Das challenged the patriarchal society and resisted the patriarchal norms. Her poetry deals with the themes of love, Identity, body lust, desire, self alienation, memory, resistance and sex.
Author: Brahmane, Sanjay Yohan
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222847405