Lindsey Collen’s The Rape of Sita: Re-writing as Ethics
This article purports to show how The Rape of Sita re-writes the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, which is recontextualised in contemporary Mauritian time and space in order to make a subversive political comment on Western patriarchal society. Through the posing of ethical questions, language becomes a fo...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article purports to show how The Rape of Sita re-writes the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, which is recontextualised in contemporary Mauritian time and space in order to make a subversive political comment on Western patriarchal society. Through the posing of ethical questions, language becomes a form of social action, a re-signifying practice, which calls for change by generating another story. |
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