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READING ‘ZORAMI: A REDEMPTION SONG’ AS A RAPE NARRATIVE

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Dr. Rafraf Shakil Ansari,Dr. Pallavi Thakur
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5.033

Abstract

Rambuai narratives represent the darkest period of Mizo insurgency during 1960s. The conflict between the Mizo insurgents and the Indian army turned the lives of innocent Mizo people into hell. The traumatic memories of the period have been recorded in the Rambuai literature including rapes, sexual assault, killings, and gross violation of human rights etc. It serves as the evidence of the atrocities faced by Mizos. During conflict period, women were the most vulnerable and easy targets. Hundreds of women were raped by Indain army to control and suppress the rebel. Rape was used as a weapon and as a strategy to punish and silence the Mizo people. The present paper attempts a feminist analysis of ‘Zorami: A Redemption Song’ (2015) by Malsawmi Jacob to unveil the violence against women and to highlight the body politics of rape used as a political tool to subjugate and shame the Mizo community

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