Feminism and the Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists in English

Feminism and the Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists in English tends to be a significant document discussing not only the evolution of some outstanding Indian English women novelists but also contains the feminist movement as it filtered gradually in Indian English fiction from the West examining how the Indian novelists’ stipulation is wider in perspective and more comprehensive in application in comparison to their Western counterparts. Founded on Elaine Showalter’s concept "from feminine to female", the book meticulously dissects the French feminist doctrine revealing how leading Indian women novelists have created their own model, pattern and concept of "feminism" suiting the Indian context, adhering to the Indian system and drawing inspiration from the plight, the struggle, the resistance and the compromise practiced by the contemporary Indian women of all classes, creeds-urban or rural. In a comprehensive, compact and scholarly manner, the author has critically evaluated the five major Indian women novelists in India, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De and Bharati Mukherjee while revalidating their unquestionable status in and contribution to Indian English fiction. Some recent and upcoming female novelists like Arundhati Roy, Gita Hariharan, Namita Gokhale, Anita Nair and Manju Kapoor are also discussed briefly for the sake of academic completion.