• Vibhuti Gaur

Culture has traditionally been seen as of key significance in the construction and conditioning of gender identity. The oral tradition of folk narrative has been an important part of culture construction .In the folktales gender roles i.e the expected or preferred ways for people of each sex to behave are rigidly defined. The body is clearly a medium of culture. It is also more directly, a locus of social control’. To the extent that woman’s body is the foundation on which gender equality is built, established and legitimized, understanding the female body in different contexts, settings and situations is important in folklore discussions.`

Culture,Gender Identity,Folktales,Body,Conditioning

"CONDITIONING OF SUBALTERN: GENDER IN HARYANVI FOLKTALES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no.11-23, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803275.pdf

"CONDITIONING OF SUBALTERN: GENDER IN HARYANVI FOLKTALES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no. pp11-23, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803275.pdf