Author(s):
Debiprasad Dash, Shailesh Ku. Mishra
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DOI:
10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00041 
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Debiprasad Dash1, Dr. Shailesh Ku. Mishra2
1PhD Research Scholar (English), S’O’A Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751030.
2Associate Professor (English), S’O’A Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751030.
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Volume - 13,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2022
ABSTRACT:
This paper aims to capture the main reason about individual positioning of a woman between two worlds. She has played a vital role in pulling out the dilemma of the female protagonists in her writings. The prime focus we can see is the issues faced by women in foreign land. The differences in culture, language, values and societal outlook. The differences in culture, language, values and societal outlook are distinctly visible after having undergone several phases in her life. Where the third wave feminism was focusing on the womanhood, gender, beauty, sexuality, feminisism and identity crisis among other things. Here Bharati Mukherjee who also belongs in this feminism era is dealing with the problems and issues faced by south Asian women specially Indians.
Cite this article:
Debiprasad Dash, Shailesh Ku. Mishra. Portrait of Indian Society and Culture in Bharati Mukherjee’s “Desirable Daughters”. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2022; 13(4):261-2. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00041
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Debiprasad Dash, Shailesh Ku. Mishra. Portrait of Indian Society and Culture in Bharati Mukherjee’s “Desirable Daughters”. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2022; 13(4):261-2. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00041 Available on: https://www.rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2022-13-4-7
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