Open AccessQUEST FOR FREEDOM AND EMPOWERMENT: A STUDY OF THE FEMALE PROTAGONIST IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S MOVING ON
Author(s) -
Varinder Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
scholarly research journal for interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-4766
pISSN - 2278-8808
DOI - 10.21922/srjis.v5i43.11378
Subject(s) - empowerment , identity (music) , feminism , precondition , sociology , political science , gender studies , law , aesthetics , computer science , philosophy , programming language
The issue of empowerment of women, which is acentral concern for feminism, is conceptually interconnected with theconcepts of identity and freedom. Unless and until the possibility ofhaving a stable identity and freedom is assumed, all deliberationsregarding empowerment become redundant. The concept of identity iscrucially important as it provides a locus for freedom and fulfils aprecondition of empowerment.