A Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Women from Feminist Perspective

Abstract

The core objective of this paper is to perceive whether JhumpaLahiris fiction has feminism or not in reference with her woman characters. This paper is an observation to confine the different attitude of Lahiris women both in the aspects of predicament and empowerment. This paper also exhibits that lahiri attitude of feminism is different from other Indian postmodern feminist writers, because, her writings are about Indian immigrants in foreign countries. Global or transnational problems of the Indian women to get existence in their non-native countries are the struggles every day they face and these are vividly told in this paper. These women in order to overcome all their hurdles of existence fight for identity and gender equality. They are adaptable to the cross-cultural life and want to be the independent individuals as they are educated, employable, professionals and accustomed to face the situation of struggles as they are ethno-centric. Therefore, Lahiris women are observed in this study as transnational, liberal, and stereotypical, radical and archetypal by attitude.Lahiris women of both first and second generation immigrants and their tendency towards alien life are differentiated in this paper.

 Key words: Feminism, predicament, empowerment, stereotypical, archetypal Transnational, liberal