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Making Space for Feminist Social Critique in Contemporary Kerala
Women’s literary writing in Kerala has gained a fairly wide market. Even as younger women authors have succeeded in breaking earlier stereotypes and frameworks of depiction, the category of ‘pennezhuthu’ has come to be questioned as a defining term that limits, instead of enabling. Incisive feminist...
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| Formato: | Printed Book |
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Economic and Political Weekly
2006
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| Acesso em linha: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006592.pdf |
| Resumo: | Women’s literary writing in Kerala has gained a fairly wide market. Even as younger
women authors have succeeded in breaking earlier stereotypes and frameworks of
depiction, the category of ‘pennezhuthu’ has come to be questioned as a defining term that
limits, instead of enabling. Incisive feminist critiques of contemporary patriarchy now
draw upon a variety of disciplines, with the result that long held notions defining
Malayalee womanhood are being questioned with increasing regularity. Concomitantly,
stereotyped frameworks and the pulls of the market continue to exercise a powerful
influence. It makes it all the more necessary to foster independent initiatives in feminist
knowledge generation in Kerala. “Women’s Imprint”, a women’s publishing venture in
Malayalam is involved in such efforts to help create new networks of resistance and towards
ensuring that gender remains a contested category in public debate. |
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| Descrição Física: | October 21, 2006 |