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Social and sexual hierarchies: Male-female relationships in Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things"


Seminar Paper, 2007

11 Pages, Grade: 1,3


Abstract or Introduction

The first part of the paper deals with the hierarchies in Indian society, especially problems in the family network, in the cast system and in the gender roles.
The second part applies this information to Roy's novel. Ammu's and Chacko's relationships to spouses and lovers, which show many parallels, are compared.

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Title
Social and sexual hierarchies: Male-female relationships in Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things"
College
University of Wuppertal  (Fachbereich A: Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Course
Cultural Studies: Indian Literature and Culture since 1947
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2007
Pages
11
Catalog Number
V72951
ISBN (eBook)
9783638733519
ISBN (Book)
9783640459551
File size
398 KB
Language
English
Notes
The first part of the paper deals with the hierarchies in Indian society, especially problems in the family network, in the cast system and in the gender roles. The second part applies this information to Roy's novel. Ammu's and Chacko's relationships to spouses and lovers, which show many parallels, are compared.
Keywords
Social, Male-female, Arundhati, Small, Things, Cultural, Studies, Indian, Literature, Culture, sexual, hierarchy, relationship, God
Quote paper
Eleni Stefanidou (Author), 2007, Social and sexual hierarchies: Male-female relationships in Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/72951

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