The Imperial Gothic in British India: Female Demonization in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City (1965) and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989)

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Author or attribution: Jairo Adrián Hernández
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Language: English
Date / edition: 2025
Source / repository: Philologica Canariensia
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Subjects: Recent Research Sources — 8 November 2026; Academic Research; Shaktism; Literary and Visual Representations

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Examines colonial missionary images of Kali and their reception in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine. Section 3, pp. 9–15, contains the main Kali discussion, followed by the conclusion on pp. 15–16. Treat the argument as literary interpretation, not independent evidence of historical religious practice.

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The Imperial Gothic in British India: Female Demonization in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City (1965) and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989)

Jairo Adrián Hernández. Philologica Canariensia 31 (2025), 1–19. DOI: 10.20420/Phil.Can.2025.757

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Jairo Adrián Hernández. The Imperial Gothic in British India: Female Demonization in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City (1965) and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine (1989). Philologica Canariensia 31 (2025), 1–19. DOI: 10.20420/Phil.Can.2025.757 https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/PhilCan/article/view/1815

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