Patriarchy in The Saffron Kitchen

Carol Patrice Christ, a teacher at Yale University once said, “The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters” (Christ n.p.).  In The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther, a Muslim woman named Maryam struggles…