women, culture and society ppt
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Women, Culture and Society
“Inner Line”- The Zuban book of Stories by Indian Women
Presentation by-Dr. Jayshree Singh, Asstt. Prof. English, Bhupal Bobles Post
Graduate Girls’ College (MLSU), Udaipur
Introduction Objectives Descriptive analyses Conclusion
Contents
Third World – Indian Subcontinent (South Asian Region)
Cultural Studies – Indian Writings in English
Indian Culture – Social attributes, milieu, and constraints
Indian Women – Status, representation and orientation
Gender Eye - Authors’ voice to connect private space with public domain
Construction and Context – The characterisation and structure of the story is within the Indian setting and scene
Introduction
To understand the social world that women construct around themselves
To determine textual meaning of narratives as regards female choices
To focus personal courage regarding gender constructions
To look into women’s desire to possession and from romance to realisation
Objectives
Location of the story – Rajasthan Characters – Papaji, Jiji, Bari-Jiji Narrator- Minakshi Issues in the story – Kitchen- structure, set beliefs, pleasures and
experiences of life Kids – Male and Female typicalities Daughter-in-laws – agitation as regards house,
kitchen, ventilation Food-war, education, Jewellery & physical attraction
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House by Ambai
A short piece of fictional narrative by Ambai is given below: ‘The basin in the Kitchen is extremely small. And the drainage is poor. If the servant woman washes the vessels there, the whole Kitchen gets flooded. And Papaji, if you hang the clothes outside the window, the mountain is hidden.’
And he looked at Kishan. And that skilled architect agreed with his wife.
‘What she says is right, Papaji. Why don’t we do it?’ ‘And when did you go near the Kitchen? ‘When she cooked up that Mysore-style meal, it was he
who sliced the onions and chillies for her,’ said Jiji.’(Butalia, Urvashi, “Inner Line” 2006, p.66)
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
Patriarchal context of the social world of women
Women’s orientation and psychology Women’s efficiency and autonomy in family
occasions Revisionining Women’s Work, health and
social status Altering Women’s Desire, Possession to
Realisation
Basic Themes of the Story
The unawareness of women for their inner space and the women’s self ignorance to capacity building beyond the walls of house affairs. If they will rise they have beautiful world outside to explore and to share with their counterparts. They have to shed social insecurity.
Conclusion