Redefining Family: Discourses In Early Women’s Magazines In Kerala

Abstract

The main theme of this paper is to find out the role of early women magazines in developing a favourable attitude among the people for changes in the age-old customs and traditions constituting family in Kerala. This paper considered the articles in Sarada and Lakshmibai, the early women magazines in Kerala and tried to find out the extent to which the articles influenced the reform of family system in Kerala. It is evident that the magazines focused on uplifting women but one could clearly comprehend the way the new ideas and developments related to women also contributed to family reform. The paper only intends to show this trend rather being preoccupied with renaissance of women. In short, this paper aims to look into the part played by Sarada and Lakshmibai in reconstituting family in Kerala.