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Item Commodification of Female Body: A Study of Nepali Film Posters(Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 2011) Subedi, Yuba RajAvailable with full text.Item Female body as a site of domination and resistance in Deshpande's Small Remedies(Department of English, 2019) Khanal, KalpanaNot AvailableItem Female Body as a Site of Exploitation and Resistance in Mahasweta Devi's Selected Stories(Department of English, 2014) Neupane, RajuThe present research on Mahasweta Devi’s Selected Stories attempts to show female physical as well as mental exploitation. The study has taken almost all five stories are; 'Breast Giver', 'Behind the Bodice', 'Rudali' , 'Draupadi' and 'krukshetra' where females existence is manipulated by male. Female body has been presented as female weakness which invites physical attack and sexual harassment. Male has stereotypical insights which lead them to exploit female body. It portrays female's physical exploitation and females have to face male suppression. However, the society undergoes with female exploitation female are not having them silently but they resist against unfair and unkind exploitation which has prevalent in the society. Every story has female protagonist is no more patient on male unreasonable manipulation and body exploitation but they resist for them and raise strong voices against them.Item Performativity of Gender in Fay Weldon’s The Life and Loves of a She- Devil(Department of English, 2016) Rijal, RitaFay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is about the female body and the gender perspective related to the body constructed by the society. Gender or sex is not a natural construct, but it is the role that is assigned to us to perform in the society. For instance, men are assigned perform their role as bread earners for the family whereas women are assigned the role of the caretakers of their family and their homes. To prove this hypothesis, this research uses Judith Butler's concept of gender trouble and performantivity of sex locating the idea in her book Gender Trouble. The novel discusses the problems of gender strategy constructed by the society. Ruth performs her role as a wife and a housewife, Mary as a beautiful damsel and Bobbo as a man torn between love and lust. These are the roles that are given to them according to the concept that was established at that time. The gender is not a natural construct, but it is a concept that the society assigns us to perform. We are man and woman because of the roles that we perform after we are born.