Behind the Colonial Mansion: Confinement, Postpartum and Resistance in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

Abstract

In this paper, I would like to read Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" along the lines of Foucauldian critique of confinement and institutionalized violence that reinforce complex means of reductive discourses in subjecting women to calculating forms of observations and intense disciplinary rules and regulations with the dual task of managing and gaining systematized knowledge. 

Presenter Biography
Ananya Sasaru (she/her/hers) received her B.A. (English Literature) from Bethune College, India and completed her M.A. (English Literature) and MPhil (English Literature) from the University of Calcutta, India. Currently, she is a 2nd year PhD student at the Department of English, University of Calcutta. She teaches in various undergrad and postgrad courses as a visiting lecturer. Her area of academic interest includes film studies, gender studies, architectural philosophy and critical theory.