Chick Lit in India: A Step Towards Power Feminism

IF 0.5 4区社会学 Q3 WOMENS STUDIES

Indian Journal of Gender Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1177/09715215211030405

Sugandha Singh, Abha Shukla Kaushik

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Abstract

Chick lit which is generally described as the modern-day fairy tale focuses upon the lives of young urban educated working women in search of a life partner. These books labelled as popular literature were summarily dismissed by the critics as frivolous and insignificant. A deeper study focusing upon transformed symbols and motifs with respect to the lives of women, offers an important insight into how 21st-century feminism is moving beyond a ‘victim feminism’ mindset to that of ‘power feminism’. This study is a semiotic study of Indian chick lit with a special focus upon four novels: Piece of Cake (2004) by Swati Kaushal, Girl Alone (2005) by Rupa Gulab, Almost Single (2009) by Advaita Kala and Losing My Virginity and Other Dumb Ideas (2011) by Madhuri Banerjee.

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印度的小鸡文学：迈向权力女权主义的一步

Chick lit通常被描述为现代童话，它聚焦于受过城市教育的年轻职业女性寻找生活伴侣的生活。这些被贴上通俗文学标签的书被评论家们草率地斥为无聊和微不足道。一项更深入的研究聚焦于与女性生活相关的符号和主题的转变，为21世纪女权主义如何从“受害者女权主义”心态转变为“权力女权主义”提供了重要的见解。这项研究是对印度小妞的符号学研究，特别关注四部小说：Swati Kaushal的《蛋糕碎片》（2004年）、Rupa Gulab的《独自一人的女孩》（2005年）、Adwaita Kala的《几乎单身》（2009年）和Madhuri Banerjee的《失去我的童贞和其他愚蠢的想法》（2011年）。

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Indian Journal of Gender Studies WOMENS STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： The Indian Journal of Gender Studies is geared towards providing a more holistic understanding of society. Women and men are not compared mechanically. Rather, gender categories are analysed with a view to changing social attitudes and academic biases which obstruct a holistic understanding of contributions to the family, community and a wider polity. The journal focuses, among other issues, on violence as a phenomenon, the social organisation of the family, the invisibility of women"s work, institutional and policy analyses, women and politics, and motherhood and child care.