Böcker av Devyani Sharma

""This is misery, but the kind that doesn't just sting and sit.But instead the kind that tortures you and not only you but instead your entire ancestry. The kind that makes your grandparents roll in their graves, the kind that reignites the fires at cremation grounds.The kind that awakens you from your own haze-filled journeys. The kind that haunts you, in life and in death.""

These papers explore themes in international research on language and gender. They examine beliefs about how men and women should speak, the ways in which norms are essentialized in language practice, and how individuals use meaningful linguistic features to contest norms and construct identities.