Feminine Jouissance in Manju Kapur’s A Married Woman

Abstract

Manju Kapur, a professor at Miranda house, Delhi University delves into the incidents that happen in the social milieu. An examination of The Married Woman exposes the objectification of woman in the institution of marriage which steals her subjectivity. Kapur’s heroine is torn by her domestic chores and marital responsibilities. She is reduced to a sexual object by her husband. She embarks on a quest for a meaningful and fulfilling life by mustering her feminine power and affirms her subjectivity. She transgresses the cultural codes and establishes a lesbian affair to let her body vibrate as she pleased.