The Treatment of Bibi Haldar
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"The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of illness, social exclusion, and female solidarity through the life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Treatment of Bibi Haldar canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| collection | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicFocus | Indian diaspora literature ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints on women’s lives in urban India
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stigma around illness ⓘ women’s community support ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| focusesOn | life of a marginalized young woman in Calcutta ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Bibi Haldar ⓘ |
| includedInPrizeWinningBook |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2000 (Interpreter of Maladies)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
contemporary literature
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bibi Haldar ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person plural ⓘ |
| narratorType | collective female neighbors ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Interpreter of Maladies
ⓘ
surface form:
Jhumpa Lahiri bibliography
|
| protagonistCondition | mysterious illness ⓘ |
| protagonistDesire | to get married ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | marginalized woman ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Calcutta ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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economic dependence ⓘ female solidarity ⓘ gender roles ⓘ illness ⓘ loneliness ⓘ marginalization ⓘ marriage ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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