Gender Studies and Indo-Canadian Literature

The book explores the complex problem of the cultural victimization of girl children and women in terms of caste, class, gender, religion, and race in the Canadian and Indian societies fictionalized by representative Canadian and Indian women writers. It shows how they are deprived of their basic human rights to both education and employment, and brings together the concerns of women's studies and literary studies under the rubric of feminist literary criticism to discuss the contribution of celebrated Canadian and Indian women writers in the field of gender studies. Paying particularly close attention to the role of literature in transforming the existing paradigm of gender relations in contemporary society and how it can teach mankind a sustainable way of dealing with nature, this book serves as a forum for scholars, writers, and activists to debate issues related to gender, feminism, and eco-feminism.