Volume III Issue I January-March 2023

Name of Author : P Anandhi, P Sripriya

Title of the paper : A Study of Female Voices in Anita Desais in Custody

Abstract: Anita Desai, the most known post-independence Indian woman writer in English mostly concerns the questions of survival and existence of women in her novels. The present article aims to trace the articulation of resistance in term of gender. Anita Desai has been strong voice in portraying Indian womens life, their struggles against patriarchal and colonial oppression. Desais In Custody is suffused with her feministic consciousness and it showcases her understanding of female psychology and experience at its best. Desai criticizes traditional society and focuses on a pathetic male character Deven whose wife despises his inability to succeed financially. As the male characters in In Custody are trapped in unsuccessful life, the female characters have even more right to feel frustrated with a patriarchal society that reduces them to clinging to these men.

Keywords : Patriarchy, Male-Dominance, Female Resistance, Trap-Custody.

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Page No. : 78-80