Social and sexual hierarchies: Male-female relationships in Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things"

Seminar Paper , 2007 , 11 Pages , Grade: 1,3

English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography

The first part of the paper deals with the hierarchies in Indian society, especially problems in the family network, in the cast system and in the gender roles.
The second part applies this information to Roy's novel. Ammu's and Chacko's relationships to spouses and lovers, which show many parallels, are compared.

• College: University of Wuppertal (Fachbereich A: Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
• Course: Cultural Studies: Indian Literature and Culture since 1947
• Grade: 1,3
• Author: Eleni Stefanidou (Author)
• Publication Year: 2007
• Pages: 11
• Catalog Number: V72951
• ISBN (eBook): 9783638733519
• ISBN (Book): 9783640459551
• Language: English
• Tags: Social, Male-female, Arundhati, Small, Things, Cultural, Studies, Indian, Literature, Culture, sexual, hierarchy, relationship, God