The writing of these ‘in-between’ intellectuals is an act of rebellion in itself. Owing to their subordinate gender position but high class they occupy in society because of their educated status, the in-between class’ has the resources to represent the subaltern class of society. However, my argument in this study is that the ‘in-between’ intellectual woman writer, who is also a silent and invisible member of her society due to her gender, is important as she tries not so much to give the subalterns voice but to show their existence in society. As Spivak makes clear in her essay, “Can the Subaltern Speak?”, the subaltern cannot speak, and the elite class who tries to represent her silences her further. ‘In-between’ intellectuals belong to a class of society that has been successful in escaping from subalternity. In the humanities and social sciences, especially in subaltern Studies, the relationship between the oppressed class of subalterns and the intellectuals who try to represent them is a very complex one. Drawing from Gayatri Spivak’s theory of the subaltern woman, this study introduces the concept of the ‘in-between’ intellectual and attempts to highlight the importance of this class in representing the subaltern.
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