Representations of Women in Lahiri’s Fiction

Abstract

Feminism is a broad subject, which has many divisions and debates within itself. Many types of Feminisms will be explored their different and similarity will be stated. Postcolonial feminism will be especially focused. After the thermotical discussion, some major characters in two of Jumpa Lahiri's books, the Namesake and the Interpreter of Maldives' will be analyzed through a postcolonial and the third world feminist perspective. The focus of the paper will be on the different experience of women and how they live their lives in a particular society.