Enforcement of Masculinity in Rabi Thapa’s Nothing to Declare

Abstract

This study on Rabi Thapa’s Nothing to Declare shows the position of our society to shape masculine or feminine role according to sex role. The main theme of the story collection revolves around the story of middle class youth in Kathmandu. As Nepali society is of patriarchal in nature contemporary middle class youths is the main concern of the story. Middle class youths are the main characters in the story which help to understand the contemporary modern generation. This study assumes that a homogeneous idea concerning the Nepali middle class misrepresents the contemporary reality. Generational difference in the Nepalese society and class identity lead Nepalese society towards extending society in a new direction that adds to social development in general. Out of this extension emerges the main concern of the text that presents male characters as the key people who come from middle class family in Kathmandu. Both in characterization and choice of the author in its presentation, the use of masculine attributes appear vivid. Thus, the presentation of the writer and characters’ behaviors show the enforcement of masculinity in Rabi Thapa’s Nothing to Declare.