Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions
The article discusses the novel The God of Small Things (1997), by the Indian writer Arundhati Roy, showing how the author transgresses several social and historical rules in terms of both gender and race issues in the context of the postcolonial and caste based society in which it takes pl...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-04-01
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| author | Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida |
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| description | The article discusses the novel The God of Small Things (1997), by the Indian writer Arundhati Roy, showing how the author transgresses several social and historical rules in terms of both gender and race issues in the context of the postcolonial and caste based society in which it takes place. O artigo discute o romance The God of Small Things (1997), da escritora indiana Arundhati Roy, mostrando como a autora transgride várias regras sociais e históricas em termos de questões de gênero e raça no contexto de uma sociedade pós-colonial e baseada em castas, na qual a estória acontece. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5f2ca23d5b04264a72aa2f481398bf62022-12-22T02:48:08ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro0101-48462175-80262008-04-01042257274Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressionsSandra Regina Goulart AlmeidaThe article discusses the novel The God of Small Things (1997), by the Indian writer Arundhati Roy, showing how the author transgresses several social and historical rules in terms of both gender and race issues in the context of the postcolonial and caste based society in which it takes place. O artigo discute o romance The God of Small Things (1997), da escritora indiana Arundhati Roy, mostrando como a autora transgride várias regras sociais e históricas em termos de questões de gênero e raça no contexto de uma sociedade pós-colonial e baseada em castas, na qual a estória acontece.http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7621pós-colonialismo – transgressão – corpo político |
| spellingShingle | Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Ilha do Desterro pós-colonialismo – transgressão – corpo político |
| title | Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions |
| title_full | Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions |
| title_fullStr | Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions |
| title_short | Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions Untouchable bodies: Arundhati Roy’s corporeal transgressions |
| title_sort | untouchable bodies arundhati roy s corporeal transgressions untouchable bodies arundhati roy s corporeal transgressions |
| topic | pós-colonialismo – transgressão – corpo político |
| url | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7621 |
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