Dr. Asis De Associate Professor of English, Mahishadal Raj College ([email protected]) Anupam Roy Ph. D Research Scholar, Vidyasagar University Abstract Kinship studies, a key area of anthropology since the late nineteenth century, implies human relationships based on consanguinity and biological affinity, where blood-relationships play an essential role in the social grouping of people and identity […]
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Indigenising the Detective Genre in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Feluda’ series: A Study
Dr. Chandreie Mukherjee Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Visakhapatnam ([email protected]) Abstract The paper navigates through the socio-cultural footmark that Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) etches through his detective fiction in nineteenth century Bengal. It locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context. This would deal with the emergence of […]
Capitalist Patriarchy and Position of Women: An Analysis of Mahesh Dattani’s Tara
Dr. Saugata Kumar Nath Assistant Professor,Dept. of English, Assam University ([email protected]) Abstract Patriarchy is a social system that perceives human beings as binary – men and women. Being men centered, patriarchy favours men and marginalises women in every sphere of life. In such a social system, a boy child/ man is preferred to a girl […]
Transnationality and Intergenerational Transformation of Indian Middle-Class Family in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland
Dr. Maitrayee Misra Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc), Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) ([email protected]) Abstract Familial ties, in the context of the Indian middle-class, are continually being re-shaped with transnational movement in search of better material opportunity. The conventional practice of living with parents and siblings inside the domestic space […]