期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：324
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Thrity Umrigar lives in Ohio yet has depicted the plight of Indian womenin patriarchal hegemonic society as grounded in her psyche. This paper discusses thelives of two women who try to fit in the stifling circumstances as advised to them byoppressive society but eventually on facing tribulations take different courses. On onehand is Sera, an upper middle class woman who remains subservient and thus sacrificesher personality and her existence fades into oblivion and on the other is Bhima, a triplymarginalized because of her class, caste and gender, breaks the traditional notions ofwomen passed on to generations and carves a new standard for women to emulate.
关键词：Marginalization; Suffering; Loss of identity; Self Consciousness;Reworking; New carvings
