Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”

Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”

This article offers a close reading of Mahasweta Devi’s ethnographic reportage in her short narratives “Giribala” and “Dhowli,” in Women, Outcastes, Peasants and Rebels and “Douloti the Bountiful” in Imaginary Maps to show how ecological marginalization, reproductive rape and unequal resource access...

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Main Author: Mary Cappelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
Subjects:
ethnic literature
gender
adivasi
tribals
reproductive justice
indigenous studies
ecology
mahasweta devi
maria mies
gayatri spivak
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1232343
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Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
Cogent Social Sciences
ethnic literature
gender
adivasi
tribals
reproductive justice
indigenous studies
ecology
mahasweta devi
maria mies
gayatri spivak
author_facet Mary Cappelli
author_sort Mary Cappelli
title Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
title_short Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
title_full Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
title_fullStr Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
title_full_unstemmed Tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in Mahasweta Devi’s “Giribala,” “Dhowli” and “Douloti the Bountiful”
title_sort tortured bodies, rape, and disposability in mahasweta devi’s “giribala,” “dhowli” and “douloti the bountiful”
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Cogent Social Sciences
issn 2331-1886
publishDate 2016-12-01
description This article offers a close reading of Mahasweta Devi’s ethnographic reportage in her short narratives “Giribala” and “Dhowli,” in Women, Outcastes, Peasants and Rebels and “Douloti the Bountiful” in Imaginary Maps to show how ecological marginalization, reproductive rape and unequal resource access have depleted Adivasi female reproductive spaces, disposing them to sexualized and commodified sites of exploitative ideological values. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, I argue that Devi’s cultural production provides an ethnographic venue for examining how power relations shape reproduction and reproductive decisions and how women struggle daily to reproduce their livelihoods under local levels of political duress.
topic ethnic literature
gender
adivasi
tribals
reproductive justice
indigenous studies
ecology
mahasweta devi
maria mies
gayatri spivak
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1232343
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