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FEMINISM AND INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION
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Author(s):
SUBHADER PAL
Vol - 7, Issue- 6 ,
Page(s) : 161 - 164
(2016 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST
Abstract
The term ‘feminism’ was derived from the Latin word ‘Femina’ meaning ‘woman’ and was first used with regard to the issues of equality and Women’s Rights Movement. Ever since antiquity, there have been women fighting to free their half of the total population of the world from male oppression. Feminism is neither a fad nor a logical extension of the civil rights movement, but the protest against the legal, economic and social restrictions on the basic rights of women which have existed throughout history and in all civilizations. Naturally, the principles of feminism have been articulated long ago.
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