Volume III Special Issue III March 2023

Name of Author : Dr. Manjula Goel

Title of the paper : Manju Kapurs Home; A Saga of Gender Discrimination

Abstract: Home is Manju Kapurs third novel. The protagonist Nisha feels herself controlled by the society and culture. She is educated, self-reliant and extrovert character but unable to take viable decisions regarding her marriage and career. Kapur brings out the realities of Indian joint family culture where Nisha feels suffocated and doesnt feel safe. Like other female novelists, Manju Kapur proclaims womans independence within the prevailed social set-up. Home is a saga of Nishas struggle for emancipation. How she resists oppression meted out to her by society and in that process, she develops mental ailment. Prior to 1970s, gender was a concept that has no social meaning in English. In 1970s feminist theorists began to use the concept to ground their arguments that biology is not destiny. Instead they asserted, meanings attributed to sex differences are defined in historically specific ways through culture and politics. These man-made interpretations of sex differences secure male dominance over women.

Keywords : Feminism, Gender, Culture, Society, Education

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Page Number : 16-18