PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFLICT AND EMOTIONAL AGENCY IN THE JOURNEY OF WOMEN’S SELFHOOD
Dr. Anu Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Narottam Singh Padam Singh P.G. College, Magarhan, Mirzapur, U.P.
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The books written by Manju Kapur provide a comprehensive investigation into the inner lives of women who are attempting to fight with the dominance of patriarchy, the demands of society, and their own independent wishes. An investigation of the ways in which feminist knowledge greatly influences the psychological well-being and emotional fortitude of Kapur's female characters is presented in this research. Kapur shows women who struggle with conventional roles, go through mental turmoil, and finally develop via the process of feminist self-realization in her works such as Home, The Immigrant, and Difficult Daughters. The research highlights the emotional hardships that are created by social limits, familial pressures, and marital subjection, as well as the ways in which these obstacles may be converted into routes of self-assertion and empowerment. Through the use of feminist awareness as a critical lens, the study places an emphasis on the manner in which Kapur's protagonists traverse repression, assert personal agency, and reinvent their identities. According to the findings of the investigation, feminist ideology may be used as a weapon for psychological empowerment, which equips women with the ability to fight against systematic injustice and obtain autonomy. As a result, Kapur's tales function as a criticism of the societal matrix of gender and mental well-being, arguing for the psychological power and emancipation of women.
Keywords:
Patriarchy; feminist awareness; identity; psychological empowerment; emotional resilience
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