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Women and Literature in India

A Critical Perspective

Edited By: Animesh Roy, Srija Sanyal

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This collection explores Indian women's writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.

The present volume, containing eight essays, seeks to understand the trajectory of growth of women’s writing in India. It seeks to explore, historically, the narratives…

The present volume, containing eight essays, seeks to understand the trajectory of growth of women’s writing in India. It seeks to explore, historically, the narratives in women’s writing, beginning with the Sangam poets and the medieval saints, to the effects of colonialism, as well as the representation of neocolonial concerns in contemporary Indian women’s writing.

Taken together, the chapters provide a way to analyse how literature has always been used as a form of resistance and a tool for emancipation. The contributors, with diverse perspectives, embrace a plurality of approaches in their attempt to represent the condition/s of women in India. To do so, they often delve into the intersectionality of caste, class, gender, and religious issues to paint a picture of the multiple textured realities of Indian society.

By doing so, this volume tends to move beyond the orientalist frame of reading gender issues toward an acknowledgement of the multiplicity of realities that continue to plague women, which otherwise is lost through normative readings.

Animesh Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, St. Xavier’s College, Simdega, in Jharkhand, India. His areas of research interest include environmental humanities, postcolonial studies, medical humanities, indigenous studies, gender studies, communication studies, and the North-South discourses. His recent publications include two edited volumes: “Post Green: Literature, Culture, and the Environment” (2023), and “An Ibero-American Perspective on Narratives of Pandemics” (2023). His forthcoming publications include a special guest edited issue on “Postcolonial Literature and Ecotheology” from the journal Religions.

Srija Sanyal is currently affiliated as a research scholar with Ronin Institute, USA. She takes active interest in gender studies and queer theory in the Indian context. Her other areas of research interest include representation of gender in various media forms, especially visual media (Indian cinema), postcolonial studies, and media studies. Her recent publication is an edited volume titled “Gender, Sexuality, and Indian Cinema: Queer Visuals” (2023).

Bidisha Kantha, Paromita Bose, Pakhi Jain, Himakshi Kalita, Arindam Sarima, Nilanjan Das, Rishiraj Sen, Saumyadeep Bhattacharya, Shweta Jha, S.Snekha Sri, Langpoklakpam Sophia Devi , Sangeeta Laishram