Socialization
Abstract
Socialization plays on important role in the construction of the gender and shows the link between social values and the touchstone of male domination. The gender socialization in the context of Deshpande’s novel A Matter of Time revolves around four generations of women Manorama, Kalyani, Sumi and Aru who are victims of cruelty exercised by patriarchal society where the measure of woman’s successful her married life, without which her all other accomplishments are considered worthless. Through him Deshpande has tried to present the special status and prerogative of men. The whole novel portrays the silent, brooding women, unhappy yet fulfilled adhering to tradition, though living in the present. Though men do not …show more content…
It influences how people behave as males and females in society. The social learning process that absorbs people into understanding the various aspects of culture includes the process of gender socialization. The main agents of gender socialization are parents, gaze, siblings, school, society and religion. For very young children’s parents and family play the central role in moulding gender socialization. In A Matter of Time resists patriarchy through positioning the three female characters in disadvantageous circumstances. Sumi and her three daughters return to the house owned by her mother Kalyani after she was deserted by her husband Gopal. Sumi accepts Gopal’s decision calmly not because she lacks the courage to counter him but because she knows the uselessness of complaint. She says, "I just want to get on with my life... let him go, Aru, just let him go"(13). This is not good for you.but the feel of Aru’s body, rigid and unyielding, tells Sumi that Aru will not let …show more content…
They are only on absence, still waiting to be discovered, something that only Aru notice later. But that is altogether another story, it has no place here. Gopal finds it intriguing that a Brahmin family should take pride in claiming martial qualities. Proff of Toynbee’s theory of mimesis of the creative minority? (96). As she contradicts the past with admirable self-control, Gopal thinks, "There is a sparkle to Sumi."(14) It is the triumph of Sumi’s controlled resistance that her husband who abandoned her should speak admirably about her. Suddenly Gopal catches himself up and thinks: we? Did I say we? There’s no more we, there is only ‘I” now. My daughters have only
Abstract
Socialization plays on important role in the construction of the gender and shows the link between social values and the touchstone of male domination. The gender socialization in the context of Deshpande’s novel A Matter of Time revolves around four generations of women Manorama, Kalyani, Sumi and Aru who are victims of cruelty exercised by patriarchal society where the measure of woman’s successful her married life, without which her all other accomplishments are considered worthless. Through him Deshpande has tried to present the special status and prerogative of men. The whole novel portrays the silent, brooding women, unhappy yet fulfilled adhering to tradition, though living in the present. Though men do not …show more content…
It influences how people behave as males and females in society. The social learning process that absorbs people into understanding the various aspects of culture includes the process of gender socialization. The main agents of gender socialization are parents, gaze, siblings, school, society and religion. For very young children’s parents and family play the central role in moulding gender socialization. In A Matter of Time resists patriarchy through positioning the three female characters in disadvantageous circumstances. Sumi and her three daughters return to the house owned by her mother Kalyani after she was deserted by her husband Gopal. Sumi accepts Gopal’s decision calmly not because she lacks the courage to counter him but because she knows the uselessness of complaint. She says, "I just want to get on with my life... let him go, Aru, just let him go"(13). This is not good for you.but the feel of Aru’s body, rigid and unyielding, tells Sumi that Aru will not let …show more content…
They are only on absence, still waiting to be discovered, something that only Aru notice later. But that is altogether another story, it has no place here. Gopal finds it intriguing that a Brahmin family should take pride in claiming martial qualities. Proff of Toynbee’s theory of mimesis of the creative minority? (96). As she contradicts the past with admirable self-control, Gopal thinks, "There is a sparkle to Sumi."(14) It is the triumph of Sumi’s controlled resistance that her husband who abandoned her should speak admirably about her. Suddenly Gopal catches himself up and thinks: we? Did I say we? There’s no more we, there is only ‘I” now. My daughters have only