Review by Maulee Senapati Potkar captures the paradox that has long defined the joint family in South Asia: the promise of belonging, shadowed by the demand for submission. The novel’s sociological power lies in its refusal to romanticize. It shows how power circulates invisibly within such households, across generations, along gendered lines, under the cover of tradition. Faith structures habit; sexuality, often repressed, surfaces as quiet resistance; memory, selective and distorted, becomes both glue and weapon. These elements are not incidental, they are the very codes through which the joint family reproduces itself.
Review: The D'Costa Family — Joao-Roque Literary Journal est. 2017 | | | | | | | | | | | Review: The D'Costa Family — Joao-Roque Literary Journal est. 2017 By Maulee Senapati Rochelle Potkar’s The D’Costa Family is a novel of quiet detonations. It dismantles the se... | | | -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/1017036720.2003751.1755622207665%40mail.yahoo.com.
