DECONSTRUCTING EPIC WOMANHOOD IN THE MODERN ERA: A Feminist Comparative Study of Women in the Indian Epics

<p>Indian epics have shaped cultural memory for centuries&mdash;but the women within them are too often reduced to ideals warnings or convenient symbols. Deconstructing Epic Womanhood in the Modern Era refuses that flattening. It offers a comparative feminist reading of women in Indian epic traditions bringing their lived experiences&mdash;within rigid social structures&mdash;back into focus: how they negotiate duty power identity and resistance and why these narratives still matter in today&rsquo;s gender debates.&nbsp;Grounded in deconstruction the book challenges inherited ideals of chastity obedience sacrifice and &ldquo;virtuous&rdquo; suffering that have historically defined womanhood in epic</p>