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An Ecofeminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama

An Ecofeminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama

Sayantani Sengupta
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 7
ISBN13: 9781668465721|ISBN10: 1668465728|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668465738|EISBN13: 9781668465745
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6572-1.ch011
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Sengupta, Sayantani. "An Ecofeminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama." Exploring Gender Studies and Feminism Through Literature and Media, edited by Gyanabati Khuraijam, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 106-112. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6572-1.ch011

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Sengupta, S. (2022). An Ecofeminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama. In G. Khuraijam (Ed.), Exploring Gender Studies and Feminism Through Literature and Media (pp. 106-112). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6572-1.ch011

Chicago

Sengupta, Sayantani. "An Ecofeminist Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama." In Exploring Gender Studies and Feminism Through Literature and Media, edited by Gyanabati Khuraijam, 106-112. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6572-1.ch011

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Abstract

The relationship between women and nature is powerful. Through various legends and folktales, women have been projected as the goddesses who would save the forests as well as save the world from overconsumption and greed. The focus of this chapter is one of the popular legends of India, the legend of Bonbibi in Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama. Bonbibi is widely worshipped by the people of the Sundarbans, which has been mentioned by Ghosh in his novel The Hungry Tide. But the primary focus of Jungle Nama is on the three central characters, Dukhey, Dhona, and Dokkhin Rai, and how Bonbibi comes as a saviour of the young boy, Dukhey, and thus becomes the preserver of the natural order. On the other hand, Manasa, the snake goddess can also be portrayed as someone who maintains a balance between life and death, avarice and generosity, as well as good and evil. The chapter intends to critically study Ghosh's retelling of the Bonbibi legend through an ecofeminist lens and also includes the story of Manasa to substantiate the interconnections between women and nature.

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