Traversing through Gender Issues in Baiga Folkson

Abstract

A feminist reading of the position of women in literature available all over the world paints the picture of a woman who is marginalized in all the spheres of life, her creative talent is limited to her fate which is nothing but merely to beget children for her husband, look after his family and household, bear all the responsibilities of her male-counterpart at the cost of her happiness and health. In fact, she is treated sometimes even more inhumanly than an animal. She is attributed with all what a man does not like to be associated with. If we look at the canvas of tribal lore and literature in light of the issues and points of discrimination or standards of western feminists, it could easily be made out that these tribal women are also a part of the bunch. The issues which form the backbone of the western feminist thought are well applicable to these tribal folksongs. Actually, the whole society is patriarchal and has been contriving in such a way as to marginalize women in all respects.