Feminism and Literature

Feminism is rapidly developing as a significant critical ideology; it constitutes a major segment of the contemporary writing in English. It has emerged as a concept that encompasses both a philosophy and movement for socio-political change based on a critical analysis of male privilege and women’s subordination within a given society. The present anthology provides a broad spectrum on the feminist writing today, with a focus on the woman’s question, the problem of Gender, Anita Desai, Rama Mehta, Githa Hariharan, Shashi Deshpande, Nayantara Sahgal, Kamala Das, Taslima Nasreen, Bapsi Sidhwa, Miles Franklin, Sara Duncan, Jean Rhys, Buchi Emacheta, and others.