“No breasts. Two dry scars…”: The metaphor of rape and postcolonial trauma in Mahasweta Devi’s “behind the bodice”

Bidisha BANERJEE

“No breasts. Two dry scars…”: The metaphor of rape and postcolonial trauma in Mahasweta Devi’s “behind the bodice”

Department of Literature and Cultural Studies (LCS)

Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jul 2016
Event	The 17th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS) : Ideas of Postcolonial Culture: Inclusions and Exclusions - Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Duration: 10 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016

Conference

Conference	The 17th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS) : Ideas of Postcolonial Culture: Inclusions and Exclusions
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Stellenbosch
Period	10/07/16 → 15/07/16

Citation

Benerjee, B. (2016, July). “No breasts. Two dry scars…”: The metaphor of rape and postcolonial trauma in Mahasweta Devi’s “behind the bodice”. Paper presented at The 17th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.