Caste as a Social Construct in Indira Goswami’s The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker and The Offspring

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dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, Sankar Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T07:00:10Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T07:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractUsing Indira Goswami’s literary works like The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tuskerand “The Offspring,” this essay explores the disabilities and functionalities of region-specific caste system in India. As it analyzes the complex nuances of marginality in terms of caste, it also reveals the complementary nature of caste and class in certain cases as Goswami has demonstrated, that leads to unique identity formation at multiple levelsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.dropbox.com/s/u0tyu53p4i3dcn1/Bhattacharya%201.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10473
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Post-Colonial Cultures and Societiesen_US
dc.subjectHumanitiesen_US
dc.subjectCasteen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectIndira Goswamien_US
dc.subjectUntouchabilityen_US
dc.titleCaste as a Social Construct in Indira Goswami’s The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker and The Offspringen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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