Abstract
In India the practice of sati was very common and many women who became part of the rituals did it out of their love for their husbands. The society has played a major role in making sati a common phenomenon in the country so as to deny separate existence from men. The essay vindicates the apprehension of women in India who practice the widow sacrifice known as ‘Sati’ The practice of sati in the pre independent India was considered as a part of a barbaric culture by the Western world. Gyatri Chakrovorty Spivak has become an authoritative voice of the post-colonial period and through her cultural and critical theories tried to challenge the legacy of colonialism. India is a land of varieties and vitalities that is divided into different states in the name of class, religion, language, authenticity, gender and citizenship. In this scattered outlook the condition of the subaltern is all the most pathetic. She came to the forefront of the literary circle with her celebrated essay “Can the Subaltern Speak”. Her critical discourse raises the issues of marginal subjects such as the place of the subaltern women in the society and their empowerment.
Highlights
Post-colonialism marks the end of the colonial period and the dawn of the New Era
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an eminent scholar concerned with the relationship between Feminism, Postcolonialism, Deconstruction and the discourse of post-colonialist
As Edward Said wrote; “She pioneered the study in literary theory of non-western women and produced one the earliest and most coherent accounts of the role available to us.” [The Newyork Times, 09 February 2002, Section-B, Page-7, Creating a Stir Wherever She Goes By Dinitia Smith]
Summary
The post-colonial period is the significant one for subalterns because both the nation and the people have just been relieved from the terrible clutches of colonial rule This period embarks on a mission to reproduce the colonial experience of the subalterns in literary works. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born on February 24, 1942) is an eminent scholar concerned with the relationship between Feminism, Postcolonialism, Deconstruction and the discourse of post-colonialist She presents a feminist perspective on deconstruction, the Marxist critique of capital and the international division of labor, the critique of imperialism and colonial discourse and the critique of race in relation of nationally, ethnicity, the status of the migrant, and what it meant to identify a nation or a cultural form as post-colonial in a neo-classical world
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