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Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South
| Title: | Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South: Nepali writers Jhamak Ghimire and Bishnu Kumari Waiwa (Parijat). |
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| Name(s): |
Acharya, Tulasi. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | vi, 72 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. Challenging these cultural stigmas, Waiwa and Ghimire celebrate sexuality and disability as sources of creativity, agency, and identity in narratives that deconstruct cultural or social models of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty. In this thesis feminist disability and feminist theory guide an analysis of Waiwa and Ghimire's writing to advance our understanding of gender, culture, disability and literature in the Global South. | |
| Identifier: | 820554947 (oclc), 3356903 (digitool), FADT3356903 (IID), fau:3998 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Tulasi Acharya. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Waiwa, Bishnu Kumari Ghimire, Jhamak Prejudices in literature Discrimination against people with disabilities Stigma (Social psychology) Women in literature -- Nepal Nepal -- Social conditions |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356903 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
