{"product_id":"9781041393016","title":"Shashi Deshpande and the Global South Gender Entanglements","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Focus on Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShashi Deshpande and the Global South Gender Entanglements\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSoumyadeep Chakraborty\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Asian \/ Indic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShashi Deshpande and the Global South Gender Entanglements\u003c\/em\u003e offers a transformative approach to literary gender studies by moving beyond rigid gender binaries to examine the complex, humanistic dynamics of man‑woman relationality in Shashi Deshpande’s fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrounded in the socio‑cultural realities of the Global South, this book investigates how male characters, rather than serving merely as antagonists, act as complex, catalytic enablers in women’s quests for identity. By integrating multipolar facets of masculinity studies with relational feminist theories, it delves into critical, understudied issues such as marital rape, masculinist anxiety, conjugal alienation, and relational autonomy. Through comparative lenses, including a pairing of Deshpande’s modern urban Indian settings with Jane Austen’s Regency‑era world, this book exposes the limitations of universalist Western frameworks. It provides a fresh, interdisciplinary model for understanding how gendered identities, agency, and relational paradigms are continuously negotiated within changing Global South situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable contribution to contemporary gender criticism and comparative literature, this book redefines critical conversations around Shashi Deshpande’s works while offering a robust methodological framework applicable across Global South literary contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoumyadeep Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of English at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (VISH), VIT‑AP University, India. His scholarship appears in leading national and international peer‑reviewed journals, with recent chapters in\u003cem\u003e Environmental Crisis and Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloomsbury),\u003cem\u003e Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Springer Nature), and \u003cem\u003eIndian Classical Literature: Critical Essays\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge). He has co‑edited \u003cem\u003eGlobal Perspectives on Eco‑Aesthetics and Eco‑Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e (Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield) and\u003cem\u003e Ecodisaster and Dystopian Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloomsbury). His research interests include gender studies, children’s literature and critical childhood studies, and environmental humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041393016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e114\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547596767372,"sku":"9781041393016","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041393016","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}