Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman
This thesis delves deeper into the religious misappropriation of Hinduism within Meera Syal's books. Syal points an accusing finger at religion as an oppressive form of moral, sexual and totalising governance against women, particularly Indian women. However, Syal’s portrayal of religious image...
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| author | Muthupalani, Sharanya |
| author2 | Sim Wai Chew |
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| description | This thesis delves deeper into the religious misappropriation of Hinduism within Meera Syal's books. Syal points an accusing finger at religion as an oppressive form of moral, sexual and totalising governance against women, particularly Indian women. However, Syal’s portrayal of religious images and ideas is overly simplistic, narrow and thus, dismissive of the multidimensional and rich background from which it stems. Therefore, this thesis aims to analyse the incongruence between the actual teachings of Hinduism, and Syal's Western interpretation of Indian religions and culture, and thereby explore its effect on Indian women. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/670132019-12-10T10:54:48Z Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman Muthupalani, Sharanya Sim Wai Chew School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This thesis delves deeper into the religious misappropriation of Hinduism within Meera Syal's books. Syal points an accusing finger at religion as an oppressive form of moral, sexual and totalising governance against women, particularly Indian women. However, Syal’s portrayal of religious images and ideas is overly simplistic, narrow and thus, dismissive of the multidimensional and rich background from which it stems. Therefore, this thesis aims to analyse the incongruence between the actual teachings of Hinduism, and Syal's Western interpretation of Indian religions and culture, and thereby explore its effect on Indian women. Bachelor of Arts 2016-05-10T08:02:01Z 2016-05-10T08:02:01Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67013 en 31 p. application/pdf |
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