Challenging the domination of medical Gaze: A critical probing into charlotte Perkins Gilman’s the yellow wallpaper
Author(s): Madhumita Roy
Abstract: The study aims to look at Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” to critically probe into the practice of confining diseased body in the name of care and cure. In the process the space of the clinic plays an active role to identify, categorize and marginalize such bodies thereby denying autonomy. Using Foucault’s idea of “docile body” and how the institution of medicine also actively participates to create such bodies, the paper critically examines the plight of a woman suffering from post-partum depression and also tries to read the politics behind incarcerating her body.
Madhumita Roy. Challenging the domination of medical Gaze: A critical probing into charlotte Perkins Gilman’s the yellow wallpaper. Int J Multidiscip Trends 2025;7(1):16-18. DOI: 10.22271/multi.2025.v7.i1a.563
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