Touching the Untouchable: Issues of Gender and Caste in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Touching the Untouchable: Issues of Gender and Caste in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Author(s): Eleonora Olivia Bălănescu Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Summary/Abstract: Arundhati Roy’s single novel, The God of Small Things, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is an ancient drama played out against a modern background. A banquet for all the senses, the book explores and goes beyond issues of nationality, caste, gender and religion to reveal the core of humanity, […]
Journal: Gender Studies
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 59-69
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English