Collective Consciousness to Pursue Gender Equality in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness tells the story of the marginalized people who are abused but share a collective understanding of different social norms. Gender inequality is a multi-layered dispute which states that there is discrimination among genders and it prevents the path of getting basic ri...

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Main Authors: Jahan, Nusrat, Rahman, Muhammad Mushfiqur
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Language:English
Published: European Publisher 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/47870/1/Collective%20Consciousness%20to%20Pursue%20Gender%20Equality%20in%20The%20Ministry%20of%20Utmost%20Happiness.pdf
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description The Ministry of Utmost Happiness tells the story of the marginalized people who are abused but share a collective understanding of different social norms. Gender inequality is a multi-layered dispute which states that there is discrimination among genders and it prevents the path of getting basic rights of the human being. On the other hand, gender equality eliminates violence, harmful practices and discrimination against all women and girls. Focusing on the theory of collective consciousness, this paper explores the question of gender equality in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Non-structural qualitative analysis is applied in this paper to distinguish past trends and forecast future models. Arundhati Roy precisely points out that the shared beliefs, ideas, attitudes can operate strongly as a powerful force to bring down the gender inequality in her The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The author establishes that the collected voices can only stand together to make a difference in the world of injustice in this novel. This paper investigates how the combined innate craving for strength, justice and power builds up a gathering in a graveyard and how it works in the pursuit of gender justice.
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spelling usm.eprints-478702020-11-11T03:35:26Z http://eprints.usm.my/47870/ Collective Consciousness to Pursue Gender Equality in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Jahan, Nusrat Rahman, Muhammad Mushfiqur HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism The Ministry of Utmost Happiness tells the story of the marginalized people who are abused but share a collective understanding of different social norms. Gender inequality is a multi-layered dispute which states that there is discrimination among genders and it prevents the path of getting basic rights of the human being. On the other hand, gender equality eliminates violence, harmful practices and discrimination against all women and girls. Focusing on the theory of collective consciousness, this paper explores the question of gender equality in Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Non-structural qualitative analysis is applied in this paper to distinguish past trends and forecast future models. Arundhati Roy precisely points out that the shared beliefs, ideas, attitudes can operate strongly as a powerful force to bring down the gender inequality in her The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The author establishes that the collected voices can only stand together to make a difference in the world of injustice in this novel. This paper investigates how the combined innate craving for strength, justice and power builds up a gathering in a graveyard and how it works in the pursuit of gender justice. European Publisher 2019-10-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/47870/1/Collective%20Consciousness%20to%20Pursue%20Gender%20Equality%20in%20The%20Ministry%20of%20Utmost%20Happiness.pdf Jahan, Nusrat and Rahman, Muhammad Mushfiqur (2019) Collective Consciousness to Pursue Gender Equality in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 89. pp. 179-189. ISSN 2357-1330 https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/ich2019
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title_fullStr Collective Consciousness to Pursue Gender Equality in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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title_short Collective Consciousness to Pursue Gender Equality in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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