Displacing Androcracy: Cosmopolitan Partnerships in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water

Set against the backdrop of Gandhi’s Freedom Movement, Water pushes the boundaries of India’s male-dominant cultural narratives beyond patriarchal predicaments by questioning the religious tradition and the oppressive constraints imposed on Hindu widows. This paper aims to show how Sidhwa’s characte...

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Main Author: Stefano Mercanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2011-11-01
Series:Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/2293