{"title":"The Muted Feelings of a Dalit Woman: A Dalit Feminist Study of Sreeja K. V.’s Labour Room","authors":"Sinu James","doi":"10.1177/2455328x231198719","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There is a mainstream glorified image of motherhood. But is this the reality of every mother? An intersectional study of the play Labour Room by Sreeja K. V. is done to get an answer to this question. The play portrays three women from different backgrounds, their journey to motherhood, and their idea of being a mother. A Dalit feminist study of the play, focusing on the character woman three, can be employed to understand that being a mother is not always majestic and is a different experience for every mother. Does a Dalit woman lack motherly feelings, or do their circumstances mute those feelings? Through the character of a woman three, this article attempts to address this question using the theory of intersectionality. The article also tries to shift the focus from the conventional depiction of motherhood.","PeriodicalId":53196,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Voice of Dalit","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary Voice of Dalit","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328x231198719","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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There is a mainstream glorified image of motherhood. But is this the reality of every mother? An intersectional study of the play Labour Room by Sreeja K. V. is done to get an answer to this question. The play portrays three women from different backgrounds, their journey to motherhood, and their idea of being a mother. A Dalit feminist study of the play, focusing on the character woman three, can be employed to understand that being a mother is not always majestic and is a different experience for every mother. Does a Dalit woman lack motherly feelings, or do their circumstances mute those feelings? Through the character of a woman three, this article attempts to address this question using the theory of intersectionality. The article also tries to shift the focus from the conventional depiction of motherhood.
主流社会美化了母亲的形象。但这是每个母亲的真实写照吗?为了回答这个问题,我们对 Sreeja K. V. 的戏剧《劳动间》进行了交叉研究。该剧描绘了三位来自不同背景的女性,她们成为母亲的历程,以及她们对母亲的理解。通过对该剧进行达利特女性主义研究,重点关注三位女性的角色,可以了解到作为母亲并不总是威严的,每位母亲都有不同的体验。是贱民妇女缺乏母性情感,还是她们所处的环境消解了这种情感?本文试图通过 "女人三 "这一角色,运用交叉性理论来探讨这一问题。文章还试图将焦点从对母性的传统描述上转移开来。