Delineation of Diasporic Women in Anita Desai’s Bye Bye Blackbird and Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss


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Authors

  • Komal Rashmi Research Scholar, Department of English Patliputra University, Patna, Bihar, India ,Patliputra University https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3717-8830
  • Narendra Kumar Supervisor, HOD of English A.N. College, affiliated to Patliputra University, Patna, Bihar, India ,Patliputra University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2024.9.6.11

Keywords:

Postcolonial, Multiculturalism, Diasporic women, Isolation, Identity

Abstract

Living in a diaspora and migrating have influenced a lot of contemporary post- colonial philosophy, criticism, and literature. When reading immigration literature, a distinct and oftentimes disheartening picture comes to mind. Immigrants’ lives are ruled by pain, disappointment, and nostalgia. While many others succumb to frustration, agony, despair, and loneliness, a select handful demonstrate their resilience by assimilating into the new environment. Gender roles have proven challenging in regard to western concepts and other civilizations because of differences in cultural and theological backgrounds. The study offers a thematic analysis and comparative study of the female characters in the novels Bye Bye Blackbird and The Inheritance of Loss by Anita Desai and Kiran Desai respectively. It makes a mediocre effort to follow the quest for identification of Desai’s female characters as they break free from the conventional constraints placed on them. There is aloofness, isolation, loneliness, and ennui in the lives of these ladies. The way that women are portrayed in Desai’s work reflects their disinherited lives. Examining the connections and discrepancies between the issues of homelessness and gender discrimination is the primary goal of this paper. The recurring postcolonial backdrop of these works allows us to view themes of oppression, prejudice, nostalgia, and displacement through the prism of multiculturalism and migration.

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Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

Komal Rashmi, and Narendra Kumar. “Delineation of Diasporic Women in Anita Desai’s Bye Bye Blackbird and Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 9, no. 6, Dec. 2024, pp. 105-11, doi:10.53032/tcl.2024.9.6.11.

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