Resistance to Patriarchal Ideology in Isak Dinesen‟s Out of Africa

Abstract

The major thrust of this research is to show how the issue of female subjection in Isak Dinesen‟s Out of Africa. How the female characters of this novel are oppressed and excluded which develops awareness and assertive tone among all the characters. The subjection of female characters is the sole and whole concern of this research. Kenyan women and their subjugation dominate the forefront of this novel. It would be fruitful to dwell upon this issue from the perspective of the third world feminism. They have gone so far as to ask for individual freedom. The female characters of this novel happen to grow awareness of injustice and oppression. The social exclusion, gender discrimination, the growing impact of feminism and their own intuitive passion for freedom are largely responsible for the assertion and affirmation of female beings. A third world women is taken as the subject of prestige too. If she does her marriage according to her choice, it is taken as the destruction of the family reputation. Here a third world woman becomes the victim of religion too. Nothing happens positively with her in patriarchy. This research analyzes how her wants, desires, fear and humor are controlled.