• Snigdha Mondal

The deconstruction of gendered identities is a very unique and revolutionary issue / idea in Indian English Literature, influenced by Jacques Derrida’s concept of deconstruction. Identity finds a new dimension by the intellectual light of thinking which shatters the conventionally prejudiced and stereotyped gendered role playing. Mahesh Dattani in his famous plays Bravely Fought the Queen and Dance Like a Man celebrates the gendered identity and gendered roles as performative and reiterative rather than a socio- cultural construct. He also conjured up the existence of peripheral gendered people like Nitin, a gay in our Indian context. Being born and brought up in Bangalore, Dattani wrote about plays which are urban centered dealing with urban issues. His plays such as ‘Tara’, ’Seven Steps Round the Fire’ also dealt with the problems of gender identity crisis. His plays become the eye-openers for our moral and intellectual teachings to deconstruct gendered identities and gendered roles following Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler.

deconstruction, socio- cultural, queer theory, feminism

"Deconstructing Gendered Identities: Dattani's Bravely Fought the Queen and Dance Like a Man", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.594-598, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808234.pdf

"Deconstructing Gendered Identities: Dattani's Bravely Fought the Queen and Dance Like a Man", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp594-598, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808234.pdf