Breast Stories
Publisher: New Delhi: Seagull Books, 2014Description: 160 pISBN: 19788170461401Subject(s): Women--Social conditions | India | BreastDDC classification: 891.44371| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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SLS Library | 891.44371 DEV (Browse shelf) | Available | L0011753 |
Mahasweta Devi is one of India’s foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction that focuses on the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood. Instead, it is seen as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance. At a time when violence towards women in India has escalated exponentially, Devi’s acerbic writing exposes the inherently vicious systems in Indian society.
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