Splashes of Eco-Feminism: An Analysis of Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa

Abstract

Abstract: This paper intends to scrutinize Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Ice Candy Man (1988) in the scaffold of literary theory, Eco-feminism. From the very commencement of civilization, people initiated to portray nature in their literary work or craft. They used to perceive nature, environment, or ecology, as an essential model for the survival of human being's life on this planet. Bapsi Sidhwa makes use of her novel as a source to depict her ecological interest. Her female characters are the silent victims of patriarchy like the scenic beauty of cities and the natural beauty of villages which have been destroyed by males having dominating power at hand. The destruction of the environment and the oppression of women have been presented in the novel having an interconnection of feminist perspectives and nature. This paper is an endeavour to prove how the Pakistani woman novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa, has symbolised this issue in her novel Ice Candy Man (1988).