Concept of Gender in Salman Rushdie’s Shame


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Authors

  • Amar Jeet Research Scholar, Department of English & MEL, University of Allahabad Allahabad, U.P. India
  • Prof. Deepika Srivastava Professor & Ex. Head, Department of English & MEL , University of Allahabad Allahabad, U.P., India

Keywords:

Gender Construct, Patriarchy, Stereotype, Culture, Repression, Sexuality

Abstract

Gender is a notable concept which becomes popular in the twentieth century. It is socially constructed and it divides humans into male and female. It is a system which controls our lives in the society. It is everywhere such as sleeping, eating, watching TV, shopping or reading. We could not get a passport without the birth certificate which records our gender. Thus every human body is assigned a place in a binary structure of gender in the modern society. In this research paper, I will try to find out the gender elements in Salman Rushdie’ Shame. I will focus on the characters of this novel and will try to locate the paragraphs where Rushdie has use the Gender element.

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Published

2018-04-30

How to Cite

Amar Jeet, and Prof. Deepika Srivastava. “Concept of Gender in Salman Rushdie’s Shame”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 3, no. 1, Apr. 2018, pp. 263-72, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/893.

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