Lindsey Collen’s The Rape of Sita: Re-writing as Ethics

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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Autor principal: Williams-Wanquet, Eileen
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Publicado em: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2022
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description 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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