English and Related Literature
PhD Graduates
Indrani Karmakar
Thesis Title
Motherhood, Literature and Society in Indian Women's Writing
Supervisor(s):
Dr Claire Chambers
Description
I am a writing up year PhD student working on the representation ofmotherhood in Indian women's writing, paying particular attention to the works of Ashapurna Debi, Mahasweta Devi, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Jhumpa Lahiri and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. This project investigates how their literary representations both reflect and reconceptualise the notion of motherhood in terms of gender roles, femininity, female embodiment and mother-daughter relationships.
Scholarships
Foundation Grant 2016/17 from Funds for Women Graduate
