Author(s)
Dr. Bulbul Gupta, Anil Kumar Shabharwal
Keywords
Marginalization, denial, oppression, submissive, orthodox, patriarchy.
Abstract
The paper aims to depict Social Marginalization by which individuals particularly women are systematically pushed to the edges of society and are denied equal access to opportunities, resources and power. To do so, The Binding Vine authored by Shashi Deshpande is studied and analyzed wherein the novelist has intensely critiqued marginalization of women in a deeply entrenched patriarchal Indian society. The present study elucidates how women across different generations and social strata are systematically oppressed, silenced and denied agency, primarily by way of sexual and physical violence, denial of personal and professional identity and societal pressure to conform to traditional and submissive roles.
