Politics of Language, Gender and Art in Anita Desai’s In Custody

Authors

Hager Ben Driss

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2013

Abstract

A literary criticism of the novel "In Custody" by Anita Desai is presented. It discusses the politics of language as well as gender and art in Desai's narrative. The novel raises the existing cultural anxieties that besieged in Indian consciousness, charting the changing social and cultural values as the country moves towards a global ethos.

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Recommended Citation

Driss, H. B. (2013). Politics of Language, Gender and Art in Anita Desai’s In Custody. Jostes: The Journal of South Texas English Studies, 4(1), 1-15.

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Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

15

ISSN

2153-778X