LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:9 September 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Subjugation of Women for Generations - Portrayed in The Generations and in Blood Ties

Dr. N. Sowmia Kumar, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.


Abstract

We know very well that a society cannot develop without the development of its womenfolk. Hindu scriptures also accord due respect to women and assert that God lives where women are worshipped.

The Indian society practices an extreme form of patriarchy from time immemorial. It is based on male predominance and female subordination. In such a male dominated society, women do not occupy an enviable position. With regard to the position of women in Indian history and culture, no nation is supposed to have held their women in higher esteem than the Hindus. But this notion has been proved to be a fallacy, a complete myth!

Indian society praises the wife-mother role of woman, but treats her no better than the economic and sexual property of her husband. The novels taken up for the study portray in detail how men and women are treated differently according to the prevailing social norms. The men oppress the women, and they are not allowed to lead their lives as they want, since men rule over them.

Women, who are oppressed, are forced to forfeit their freedom; therefore, they adjust themselves to life as the ‘Other’, while men can claim subjectivity for themselves. The novels deal with the treatment of women by society, including all the oppression meted out to them.

Keywords: Oppression of women, patriarchal society, gender inequality, male dominance, divorce and remarriage, dowry system

The Generations

The Generations is set in the 1940’s. The plot of the novel revolves around the Tamil-speaking Eranial Chettiyar community of Kanyakumari District, on the border between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It tells the story of this community taking as its time-span almost twenty five years.

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Dr. N. Sowmia Kumar, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
H. H. The Rajah’s College
Pudukkottai 622 001
Tamilnadu
India
sowmiakumar70@gmail.com
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