| Pub. Date | : June, 2022 |
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| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of English Studies |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJES120622 |
| Author Name | :Anupama Bandopadhyay |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 14 |
Women's choices have always been curtailed because of the societal constructs of shame associated with the presence of her female body. This silencing of her voice and negating her embodied presence have been a perennial tool used by the society to maintain its patriarchal hegemony. The paper explores how society views female sexuality and her own acknowledgement of her body and her desires and constantly tries to stifle her voices under the veils of sobriety and propriety. It further investigates the spaces of the zenana as not merely being patriarchal ones to constrict her presence; rather, the zenana could act as spaces of negotiations with the dogmatic society, moulded with imagination and acts of deviation and defiance.