April 30, 2024Global Language ReviewOpen Access

Gendered Spaces and Female Agency in Selected South Asian English Dramas: A Feminist Reading of Dattani, Padmanabhan, and Sengupta

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Gendered spaces create complex dynamics that influence female agency in South Asian theatre, revealing layers of oppression and resistance.
Plays by Dattani, Padmanabhan, and Sengupta highlight themes of confinement and agency, underscoring the tension between societal norms and individuality.
Using feminist literary criticism, the analysis investigates how women's experiences unfold in domestic and social realms, shaped by patriarchal influence.
The findings challenge binary views of confinement and liberation, indicating that even restrictive spaces can nurture acts of rebellion and identity transformation.

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Literary analysis demonstrates how gendered spaces shape female agency in South Asian theatre, suggesting new perspectives on oppression and resistance.

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Taj et al. (2024) studied this question.

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Literary analysis demonstrates how gendered spaces shape female agency in South Asian theatre, suggesting new perspectives on oppression and resistance.

Gendered Spaces and Female Agency in Selected South Asian English Dramas: A Feminist Reading of Dattani, Padmanabhan, and Sengupta

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