SCRIBBLING WITH MALE EGO: ANALYSING THE MALE GAZE IN THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN CARTOONS

Male cartoonists dominated the cartoon industry of Keralam in second half twentieth century. Women stereotypes are highlighted discourse cartoons, probably like any other artform world. This paper is an attempt to analyse representation women folk cartoons Keralam, during post independent period India. The veteran male namely Cartoonist Toms, Yesudasan and Thomas have been analysed for study. misrepresentation characters their analysed. ‘domineering wife’ stereotype portraying domestic setting household not fair time, given patriarchal tradition. Women’s empowerment shown mainly as physical series. gaze commodification female body ego nurturing ideal woman by problematized paper. images used this collected from archives sources images, it mentioned bibliography, old collections magazines, which fifty years or more old. These retrieved compiled at Appan Thampuran Smaraka Library Thrissur, Kerala.