Gender Analysis In The Immigrant By Manju Kapur

'Mrs. Sen’ is the sixth story of this collection in which Lahiri has portrayed proficiently and successfully the problems of immigrants such as displacement, restlessness, discrimination and marginalization in the migrated country, even after having found a place to settle in. This story exhibits the troubles faced by an Indian wife in a foreign culture. Mrs.Sen is one of two main characters in this story. She is a friendless woman who hopelessly misses her native place Calcutta, her home. Her husband took a job as a professor in a New England town. Life is very different for her there. She refuses to learn to drive because it’s not her interest, but the rejection also limits her experiences in her new country. She becomes a babysitter for

Every individual, no matter who they are, will all face challenges that result from their backgrounds and cultures. Born in Calcutta, India and later moving to the United States, Amin Ahmad was an individual who discovered this harsh truth first-hand. In his essay, “I Belong Here,” Ahmad reflects on his experience of being treated differently from those around him based off his cultural background. He analyzes the emotional barrier that forms between the journey of immigration and the continuous feeling of inferiority based solely on the desire to belong. The article is written to provide a different point of view; one focused on introducing to the world the challenges and emotions immigrants face after starting the journey towards a new life.

“We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can’t escape what we are... obedient chinese daughters.” This quote sums up the world that May and Pearl live in, that no matter the culture, no matter the time period, and no matter the situation, your gender decides your fate or does it? The theme of gender and how they dictate our roles in society run rampant in Shanghai Girls by Lisa Lee. Lee’s novel covers a great deal about the immigrant experience and the struggles they had to go through to adapt to their new environment but one thing they didn 't need to adapt was the parts they played in their families. The importance of this traditional society,where the men are the breadwinners and the women the caretakers are first shown in how Pearl and Mays family worked. The father was expected to make money and take care of the household, while the mother, May and Pearl were off fooling around. When the situation turns dire, the father does not conform to his role to help his family and takes the easy way out and sells off his daughters. However the father did not account for his daughters refusing the offer he already made to pay back his debts. This caused a thunderstorm of confusion and trouble, which led to the death of respect, Pearl had for her father. For in this critical moment, the father wet himself and could not muster out a word but the mother brilliantly stepped in and defused the situation. “I see hardness in her that I’ve never seen before.”,

The marriage is one of the best things to make a happy life. Many years ago, parents had arranged marriages for their children. In Asia, as the customs of Vietnam, parents who decide and arrange the marriages of their children. Normally, parents flanked by close friends so they wanted their children to marry parent friend’s children, and gratitude between them will be even stronger together. Additionally, parents arranged for their children to marry the wealthy children to give their children full life. Also, parents choose their child partners and it is their customs. These children have no right to disobey and reject marriage. Their children married without ever knowing each other or see each other 's face. According to the book “The Immigrant Advantage,” it has a story of the Indian girl married under the marriage arranged by her parents. Until now, the Indian customs that still exist. Not only in India, in other countries, there is still customary marriages arranged by parents. Vietnam is no longer

As a result of these reviews, the ongoing reconstruction of the social status and roles of Hindu women has brought about many new changes in Hinduism. Some of these changes include changes in education, health measures, problems of early marriages, the positions of widows, and the representation of women in governing bodies (Desai, et al., 1995). For example, within Hinduism now,

In the typical Indian family, gender construction manifests itself especially in the roles of men and women in the household. As Judith Lorber so aptly put, “gender is a process of creating distinguishable social statuses for the assignment of rights and responsibilities” which in turn, creates the social differences that define a “man” and “woman” (Lorber). It is these differences that are used to construct and maintain an established gender order within the family. In the conventional Indian family, the order is such that the roles of the women in the household revolve around the roles of the men. This structure was something that I saw from an early age in my parents’ marriage. Though my parents defied the Indian norm of the arranged marriage, they still represented the quintessential model of an Indian couple in many other ways. My mother left her job to become a stay-at-home mom when I was about six years old. However, even before she left her job, she was implicitly expected by my father to shoulder most of the housework including cooking, cleaning, and caring for my older brother

Mukherjee uses contrasting diction to emphasize the difference of experiences the sisters had on immigration and the sacrifices they had along the way when faced with the American culture. For example, Mukherjee’s use of “maintain” and “self-invention” are contradictory to each other, but in the context “maintain” refers to her sister Mira and “self-invention” is directed to Mukherjee herself. In Mira’s case, she is very attached to her Indian culture and stresses about not letting the American culture take that away from her. The author’s purpose was to highlight the tenacious mentality Mira has on her culture. In contrast, Mukherjee's use of “self-invention” regards to her loosening her strict hold of Indian culture; the exact opposite

Gender inequality is displayed in many countries around the globe. In India, the society begins gendering as soon as a child is born. In most cases, the birth of a daughter is unwelcome but that of a son is celebrated. The boys are brought up bold and outgoing while the girls are expected to be at home and do chores. While the other discriminations like economic or social discriminations are present outside the home, but gender discrimination is present outside and inside households. In a familial setup, the father is the head of the family and decision maker. The mother generally performs the ‘home making’. Even if the woman is employed, she is expected to do the domestic chores, in addition to her job. Even though she earns, she does not have the freedom to plan her salary or decide anything.

In the short story, “Clothes” author, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni conveys an overall message about immigrant women trying to balance their native cultural with western cultural. Divakaruni expresses Sumita inner conflict between the two cultures through clothing. In this story, she shows how a Indian housewife becomes a working women. Similar to undocumented students also known as Dreamers in the article, “Six ‘Dreamers’ sue Trump to block repeal of DACA” author, Holly Branson Potts writes about are also stuck in an inner conflict with themselves between the two cultures. This paper will compare Sumita’s success to finding her own identity and dreamers fight to secure their place in America despite the constant backlash they have recently obtained. By attentively examining Divakaruni’s body of work, the initial message conveyed is arranged marriage surface however, the final message of identity underlying comes to light.

Forty Six years ago, on January 24, India got her First Lady Prime Minister - Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The nation of male dominance stood standstill in the awe of the power of this one lady whose determination spoke volumes. Today, India stands high in the race of urbanization but in the genre of social development, it is away behind. It is an irony in this country that where mother is worshipped as Mother Divine, there is domestic violence. In a country where ‘Kumari Puja’ is done, there is female foeticide.

Though the positions women held in the early Vedic period had been of high standards, the emergence of the Laws of Manu led to the restriction of women’s independence later in this period. The Laws of Manu is one of the most influential sacred writings and this Dharma Sastra is deeply embedded in this society. The Laws of Manu illustrates many roles women should have such as being a caretaker, having to obey her husband and being an object of either her father’s, husband’s or son’s possession. The Laws of Manu don’t encourage independent women, it clearly

The heterogeneity of the Indian experience reveals that there are multiple patriarchies, contributing to the existence of multiple feminisms. Hence, feminism in India is not a singular theoretical orientation; it has changed over time in relation to historical and cultural realities, levels of consciousness, perceptions and actions of individual

However, it is observed that in the present generation women are ignorant to ethical values, In the way of searching self identity they are prone to make mistakes. The misdeeds cause misery in their lives. Towards the ending that misery becomes destruction or wreck in the total family. A mother can build or damage her life by her deeds. Indian mythology has many women who don their roles as mother and wife, who ultimately succeed. The situation is quite contradictory in the present scenario with the changing roles, values, expectations and demands of the society on a

In this novel, Bharati Mukherjee explores what happens to a gendered character that has been “smashed by hammer blows, and melted down”. Does mobility and nomadism really offer a female character a way of redefining her identity and her relationship to home. Desirable Daughters utilizes unusual measures of self-portraying material in a migrant novel of self-discovery that combines components of fairy- tale-like myth with an intense mystery-thriller plot. “Desirable Daughters” as the title proposes, one kind of daughter, which parents would be pleased and proud of and for whom each parent would desire. The three sisters, who are the daughters of Motilal Bhattacharya and the great grand-daughters of Jai Krishna Gangooli, belong to a traditional Bengali Brahmin family. Padma, Parvathi and Tara are typical names of Shakti (Goddess of Hindu) do not flaunt the some ethical and moral values but have the courage to carve a position for them. They are a blend of both traditional and modern

After a hard day's work (of shopping, cooking, cleaning or office work) when she return home and switches on the telly, she sees the beautifully clad women on the Hindi sitcoms. In a world where globalization is spurred on, she thinks that looking like the sexy actress is the rage. With each passing day she habitually watches the sitcoms and her morale declines just a little more. She had thought of herself to be beautiful but her thoughts were revolutionized once she saw the Hindi serials, where women have the perfect designer attire for their super-thin body, glitzy jewellery and a few kilos of make-up which still looks ‘natural.' She is under pressure of not only her conscience to look as beautiful and trendy as the women shown in the sitcoms, but also by her peers who are slowly beginning to imitate the dressing style of the female characters of the Hindi serials. And thus, the reformation of Bengali traditions comes about. She sheds her traditional sari and wears a short kameez and dozens of chunky bracelets instead of the usual glass bangles. A visit to the neighbourhood hair dresser assures that she has straightened her wavy locks and has had it ‘layered' like shown on TV. Her transformation is complete. She has left her culture far behind and moved on towards modernization.