Visual Feminization in Regional Literature: A Study of Rajeshwari in Maidanam
Keywords:
Protagonist, Patriarchal, SemioticsAbstract
This paper depicts the wakening of women through Chalam’s Rajeswari, the female protagonist of Maidanam who strives to subvert the phallic centric social order by re-examining patriarchal canons and by finding an alternative semiotics of the body and beyond.
References
Chalam. Maidanam. Vijayawada: Aruna Publishing House, 2006.
Prajaa Saahiti. May, 1979.
Venkata, Subbiah. G. Chalam. Jivitham and Sahityam. Secunderabad: Desi Pubs, 1962.
Vidyeswari. D. Telugu Navala: Manovisleshana. Hyderabad: Nithin Enterprises, 1980.
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01-07-2014
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Visual Feminization in Regional Literature: A Study of Rajeshwari in Maidanam. (2014). Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 6(1), 2-11. https://journals.eltai.in/jtrel/article/view/JTREL060102