Priya Uthaiah, I. and Devika Rani, L. (2016) Intersectional inheritances in can you hear the nightbird call? International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (IJSELL), 4 (9). pp. 11-15. ISSN 2347-3134
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Abstract
The term inheritance bespeaks of intergenerational bequeathing of a legacy. Legacies inherited by descendants of an earlier generation could be pecuniary, political or patriarchal. Of the three aforementioned legacies the first two-pecuniary and political are vulnerable to the buffets offortune while a patriarchal legacy from generations past, permeates to the presentgeneration and subsequently to the future, perpetuating itself with its numerous intersections and thusretaining itsrobustnessas a livinglegacy. As a result the intersections in patriarchy get handed down as a continuum across generations from predecessors tosuccessors. Thispaper isan attemptto delineate afewintersectionalinheritanceswithinthe Indian social milieu vis-à-vis the theory ofintersectionality , inAnitaRauBadami’snovelCan You Hear the Nightbird Cal
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | A Arts and Humanities > English |
Divisions: | Department of > English |
Depositing User: | Manjula P Library Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2019 05:23 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2019 09:25 |
URI: | http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/3122 |
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