GENDER ISSUES: Attestations and Contestations

The essays in the volume are yet another attempt at re-opening gender issues which have gained ground in this post-feminist era. Despite half a century of debate and rebellion there is still an unevenness that disrupts smooth sailing. Women have not entirely come into their own and the stigma of being born one persists to plague.

What is the nature of pressures and obstacles and how and where the hurdles lie is being explored afresh. The space is the literary and the socio-political; the time frame is contemporary; and the analysis is topical.

Rajul Bhargava is former Professor and Head, Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Her areas of specialization are Linguistics and Language Teaching, and Translation Studies. Of late, her interest in Indian writing in English, especially by women, has enabled her to present papers, attend seminars and organize workshops in the area.