Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s Changing Conception of the Female Subject

Abstract

Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s representations of women have engendered much criticism and controversy in the light of feminist theory. The sexual objectification of the female body has been a concern of feminists for a number of years. Bankimchandra emphasizes the different positions of women and men in the contemporary social context. Gender is putting in these terms, constrains feminist thought within the framework of a virtually universal sex opposition. His changing conception of the female subject in the relations of subjectivity to society will be the focus of this paper.