The ‘Beshya’ and the ‘Bahu’
Re-Reading Fakir Mohan Senapati’s “Patent Medicine”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14956938 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Panchanan Dalai (0000-0002-6497-6091, Banaras Hindu University, corresponding author), Dhriti Ray Dalai (0000-0002-7066-7578, Banaras Hindu University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0975-2935 • E-ISSN: 0975-2935 |
| Publisher | Aesthetics Media Services (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21659/rupkatha.v12n4.07 |
| OpenAlex | W3042937436 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Similar to the peasantry, the tribal, the working women, the housewives, and all of those of the 19 th century who engaged the attention of subaltern historians and Marxists, the prostitutes too merit critical attention and space in literary discourse. A number of Bengali texts throughout the 19th century had contributed in disseminating the image of the prostitute as the other of the good woman. We, in the course of this paper, focus instead on the early twentieth century and on Fakir Mohan Senapati and his epochal story, "Patent Medicine" that typified this societal understanding in the Bengal province, of which, Orissa was a part. The paper undertakes a hermeneutical attempt to unravel the unexplored aspects of sexuality, feudalism, patriarchy, domesticity and toxic masculinity
BENGAL · Bengali · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subaltern · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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