Woman In The Mahabharata

Download or read book Subordination of Woman written by Mrs. M. A. Kelkar and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 1995 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many debates in feminism centre round the issue of subordination of woman. Anthropologists and sociologists have tried to trace the origin of subordinate position of woman by giving various explanatory theories. The author examines the reductionist and constructionist theories and using a hermeneutic device of the Beejakshetra model explores the images of feminity to be found in the Mahabharata and in the rules of conduct in the Manusmriti. She shows how these models of feminity have shaped the life experiences and self-interpretation of woman down to present day. The last part attempts formulation of a feminist ethic of friendship and raises the discussion beyond protest and recrimination.