Gender, Disability, and Literature: Reading the Works of Jhamak Ghimire and Parijat [English, Middle]

by Acharya and Tulasi Acharya

This book explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South concentrating on Nepal in particular. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. This study examines two Nepali women writers Bishnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire who challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructing the "ideology of ability" through their autobiographical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English, Middle
• ISBN: 1087943345
• ISBN13: 9781087943343
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Mantra Records
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"