Ecological Feminism In Indigenous Narratives: A Study of Female Power and Spirituality in Easterine Kire’s Son of the Thundercloud

P.S Luireiphy; Dr. Shivaji D. Sargar

doi:10.32628/IJSRST25121164

Authors

P.S Luireiphy Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Author
Dr. Shivaji D. Sargar Professor of English & Director, Centre for Distance and Online Education, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST25121164

Keywords:

patriarchal system, ecological feminism, Spiritual, life-givers, resilient

Abstract

Easterine Kire, a renowned Naga female author, has emerged prominent in the realm of Naga women’s empowerment through her literary contributions. This study critically analyses Kire’s Son of the Thundercloud, from the lens of women as the central figures as a life-givers and spiritual guides within the context of indigenous Naga culture. Kire empowers women through her resilient female characters in the novel drawing on folklore, mythology and contemporary challenges faced by women. This study will also look at the connection between the exploitation of women and nature under patriarchal systems.

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