Bridging the gutter: Cultural construction of gender sensitivity in select Indian graphic narratives after Nirbhaya

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Bridging the gutter: Cultural construction of gender sensitivity in select Indian graphic narratives after Nirbhaya

Bridging the gutter: Cultural construction of gender sensitivity in select Indian graphic narratives after Nirbhaya

Year : 2019

Publisher : Taylor and Francis

Source Title : Performativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Novel

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Abstract

Indian English Literature in its myriad ways has tried to represent the narratives of women grappling to assert identity and to sensitize its readers toward gender and social justice. In this paper, we explore Indian graphic narratives, such as Drawing the Line (2015) by Priya Kuriyan, Larissa Bertonasco, and Ludmilla Bartscht, and the Priya series [Priya’s Shakti (2014), Priya’s Mirror (2016)] by Ram Devineni et al., published after Nirbhaya-2012, that contribute mainly in cultural and sociological construct of gender sensitivity.