Redefining Womanhood From The Pages Of Preeti Shenoy: A Critical Study

Abstract

Womanhood has been a topic of concern since the existence of society, the definition and prospect of which has been changing from time to time as per the changing society. Feminism and womanhood have been in limelight since the first wave of feminism in 1848. At that time, womanhood was said to have four major attributes: purity, piety, submissiveness and domesticity. However, with the development of society, and eventually with literacy and development of women, these four attributes changed in the modern period. The women of today are no longer naïve and submissive but are rather courageous and competing to be self-sufficient. They are emerging as much stronger personality physically, mentally, emotionally and economically in all spheres of life. Such womanhood has been redefined in the works of Preeti Shenoy which has been studied comprehensively and comparatively in the present research work. The prime focus of the present research work is to trace the attributes of womanhood in the present-day society through the pages of Preeti Shenoy.