Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman

• Main Author: Muthupalani, Sharanya
• Other Authors: Sim Wai Chew
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67013
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis delves deeper into the religious misappropriation of Hinduism within Meera Syal's books. Syal points an accusing finger at religion as an oppressive form of moral, sexual and totalising governance against women, particularly Indian women. However, Syal’s portrayal of religious image...