Abstract
AbstractThe texts that have been selected to analyse multiphrenia and identity issues areGreen is the Color byLloyd Fernando andMr.Tang’s Girlsby Shirley Lim. In this paper, I discuss how post-modern characteristics of self-creation define the protoganist’s identity while in the second novel, I explore the influence of patriarchal society on the shaping of the protagonist’s identity. The patriarchal society for which the protagonist’s father is an example is considered the ‘other’ as seen in Burke and Stets’ (2009) ‘the nature of the individual depends upon the society in which he or she lives’.
Highlights
Women’s oppression and suppression is a recurring theme in literature; some like the Red Stockings believed that men are primarily responsible for women’s oppression, an oppression that has lasted for centuries
Hester believes that men are primarily responsible for women’s oppression and it is men, rather than capitalism or society, who benefit from the system of male-female social relations where women as a group are kept subordinate to men (1995)
Kim Li, the oldest daughter of Mr Tang is a victim of her father’s tendency to rule the family. He is the epitome of a typical Chinese father in a patriarchal society; his behavior around the house is not conducive to the proper shaping of his family members’ characters, especially his oldest daughter, Kim Li
Summary
Women’s oppression and suppression is a recurring theme in literature; some like the Red Stockings (a New York-based women’s group) believed that men are primarily responsible for women’s oppression, an oppression that has lasted for centuries. Men have always been considered the superior sex They are physically stronger than women, who find themselves being pressurized into doing chores around the house. Men have always made the ultimate decisions in the family and were defined as independent beings in The Impact of Modern-Day Polygamy on Women and Children: Before a woman is married, she has value as property bringing her father influence, power, and prestige within the cult. She is “groomed” for her relationship with the man who will be her husband. She has no right to complain about abuse or injustice. (Burke and Stets, 2009: 102)
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