Open AccessA Critical Study of Women’s Oppression in Sapphire’s Push
Author(s) -
Palvinder Kumari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/ijellh.v8i4.10521
Subject(s) - oppression , gender studies , face (sociological concept) , sociology , exploit , political science , law , computer security , social science , computer science , politics
Oppression against women prevails in different forms such as abuse, violence, and exploitation denying them from their rights. Women face oppression in every walk of life. Family is a safest place for a woman to live in but at times family become a secret platform for the abusers to exploit the women of the house. Women because of their lower status are ostracised and discriminated in the society. The paper through the novel Push (1996) by Sapphire critically examines the plethora of violence suffered by the protagonist with multifaceted oppression. Moreover, paper explores the universal oppression of women and its impact on their individuality.