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- Title
Empowerment through Language in the Tradition of the Confessional Poetry of Kamala Das.
- Authors
Manuja, Ankita
- Abstract
The empowerment of women is a multi-dimensional concept. Women's empowerment can be explained as a process where women have a larger share over resources like knowledge, information and wealth. The term 'women empowerment' has come to be associated with women's struggle for social justice and equality. More than a hundred years go, the empowerment revolution was led by the suffragettes when women got the right to vote. This revolution was led by brave women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emmeline Pankhurst and Susan B. Antony. Then came the second revolution which was led by Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem who wanted women to be given a fundamental role in decision making. During the twentieth century, many Indian women poets have tried to voice their opinions through their writings. Some of these poets have been Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu and Kamala Das. This paper aims to explore the various aspects of Confessional poetry which I consider, as a way of realizing the empowerment of women with special reference to Kamala Das' poetical works.
- Subjects
SOCIAL conditions of women; SOCIAL justice; EQUALITY; WOMEN poets; DAS, Kamala
- Publication
Language in India, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 7, p41
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article