The depiction of intersecting identity perspectives, inclusive of disability, is a significant though slightly overlooked area within the designated frameworks of Gender, Disability or Postcolonial studies. Postcolonial feminist disability theory and praxis framework make visible some of these intersectional perspectives. These intersectional perspectives challenge the oppositional frameworks of colonial and postcolonial, as well as destabilize the normalizing and homogenizing impulses in imperialistic and nationalistic practices and discourses. Probing identity politics, the transnational and the postcolonial global debates on identity politics have resulted in assertions of the very demise of identity, and scholarship on post-identity is tied to the discourses of global flows and transformations. The paper focuses on selected women’s novels to rethink gender and feminist readings of the national and cultural consciousness through inclusion of disability studies perspective.
Assistant Professor, SGGS College, Panjab University, Chandigarh
