Subversive Women in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children

Abstract

Discostandosi dalle prime critiche femministe che hanno etichettato l’opera di Salman Rushdie come misogina, questo articolo esamina la rappresentazione delle donne ne I figli della mezzanotte per mettere in luce come le principali protagoniste femminili rispondano in modo creativo e rimodellino le strutture sociali oppressive in cui vivono. Utilizzando il modello mutuale di Riane Eisler, l’articolo evidenzia le analogie fra il concetto indù di Shakti (potere femminile divino) e la partnership come alternativa efficace di relazione e incontro cooperativo alle norme sociali di dominio.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-232

Parole chiave: Salman Rushdie, postcolonialism, gender norms, persona, partnership/domination, Hinduism.

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