Menstrual Taboos: a Gynocritical Study of Menstrual Myths in the Selected Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Bapsi Sidhwa

Author(s)	Bhawana Mauni
Country	India
Abstract	The paper basically focusses on the typical menstrual myths that exists in our society and how women are vicimized on the basis of their biological traits. The paper studies the idea of menstruation as a taboo existing in our society as depicted by Bapsi Sidhwa and Shashi Deshpande in their feminist works. The works share similar themes of victimization and subjugation of women which we witness in various cultures across the world.
Keywords	Other, Trauma, Patriarchy, Taboo, Untouchable
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023
Published On	2023-04-08
Cite This	Menstrual Taboos: a Gynocritical Study of Menstrual Myths in the Selected Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Bapsi Sidhwa - Bhawana Mauni - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.1580
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.1580
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gr4k63

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