Volume : 10, Issue : 12, DEC 2024

MEHER PESTONJI’S PERVEZ- A NOVEL: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

DR. SURABHI PANWAR

Abstract

Feminism is an assortment of movement and ideologies aimed at establishing and defending equal rights of women. A feminist advocates and endeavors for the uplift of women’s socio-political, economic and legal rights and upholds equality of women in society. According to Deborah Madsen, “Feminism deals with women about oppression, consciousness and gender” (200). Feminism, from literary point of view has raised voice against the patriarchal oppression and addressed the issues closely related and relevant to the women’s rights – the rights that are partially restricted by masculine domination. The word ‘Patriarchy’ means the rule of the father or chief over the family. Patriarchy is “a social system in which males have complete power in the economic, social and political arena, and has designated gender roles which are appropriate to these arrangements” (Bhasin 3). The women writers boldly lend voice to the issues of women. They bring into focus the violence, degradation and oppression faced by women in a male dominated society and how they fight against such oppression. This paper is an attempt to explore Meher Pestonji’s work Pervez- A Novel from feminist perspective.

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