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Item Body Politics in Mahesh Bikram Shah’s Selected Stories(Department of English, 2018) Lamsal, KeshavThis thesis entitled “Body Politics in Mahesh Bikram Shah’s Selected Stories” examines the representation of both male and female bodies, prevalent domination of women’s bodies and their protest against it in the male centered society. The female characters like Eliginia, Jacqueline, Mambal’s wife, Nepali girl living in United States, and Derli’s bodily experience represent the domination and violence of patriarchy on the one hand, and how they get power through their own body on the other. When the male characters try to pursue their interest, they start playing with their counterpart’s body for achieving their goal, so do the female characters. The passivity of conscious women characters excavates the domination of patriarchy but they still resist against the violence. They do not feel secure even with their beloveds. Though the characters try to resist it by leaving their boyfriends or partners but their body still remains a site of fear, panic, violence and insecurity. Women’s bodies continue to become a site of domination because of their weaker social or economical positions. Key Words: racism, superiority, body politics, subjugationItem Gender Role in Ghatu(2016) Thapa, PreetiThe present work explores gender role as the most significant issue depicted in Ghatu performance by analyzing the use of different signs and symbols. It deals with its aesthetic taste, logic and politics behind the performance. Moreover, it attempts to explore communal way of living of Magar community, social and cultural integrity, religious beliefs, natural prominence and agricultural dedication. Ghatu, an oral form of culture, is a tribal festival that Magar community has adopted with religious, spiritual, communal and social artifacts. Ghatu is performed on different dates annually with its rites and rituals and the main and ultimate part is performed dating on Buddha Purnima of the month of Baisakh. While analyzing the festival, it is found that Ghatu does not only show the continuity of ritual but also shows the gender performance in Magar community exploring the distinct and influential feature and strength of women in daily communal way of life. This explanation goes against the demarcation of superiority and inferiority between men and women in a society that defines and creates different stereotypes. This research work attempts to undercut the different stereotypes about women in the society analyzing the signs and symbols of Ghatu performance.Item Racial Hegemony in Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me(Department of English, 2018) Chaudhary, AshokThis research paper explores the issue of the suppression, exclusion, and struggle of Afro-American people in America. It presents the condition of Afro- American people in the contemporary Baltimore society where they were dominated in terms of their skin color. It investigates how the American white elitist consistently denied the humanity of blacks in order to maintain their superiority in the society. Social, political power and position as well as religious norms and values imposed by the white people are the cause to marginalized black communities in America. To illustrate these things, this research takes upon the narration of the incidents faced by Ta-Nehisi Coates as a victim. In addition, to clarify white elite's supremacy, construction of classand race, the researcher draws a concept from subaltern theorists such as Antonio Gramsci, Homi K. Bhabha, Gyatry Chakravorty Spivak, and so on. By analyzing the oppression of subaltern voice and racial hegemony, this research presents that the root cause of racism is political and cultural hegemony rather than fatalistic concerns as represented in the memoir. Therefore, it gives a message to black people for resistance in order to rectify the subtle forms of hegemony imposed on such subaltern groups of people in the society. Key Words: Racial hegemony, Superiority, Bitter struggle, Suppression, Political powerItem Reinforcement of Masculinity in Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa(Department of English, 2012) K.C., Uma KumariThe present research on Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway attempts to show a vivid portrayal of masculinity, especially by the narrator along with his companions in safari. In particular it explores the masculinity showed by the novelist and his friends either in hunting of the animals or in the creation of literary works. In simple terms, the novel involves hunting competition among the characters on the basis of the number of animals or the size of their horns that is a symbol of pride for the hunters. So hunting animals and its passion is taken as a trophy of hunting. Not only this to prove himself superior he provides criticism of American writers. He even express his worry about the slaughter of the animals and its affect on environment. But instantly again, he appreciates his hunting skills. His masculinity compels him to prove himself superior through the sport of big game ''hunting''. Such tendency exhibits the importance of the heroism and personal success in modern world motivated by masculinity.