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Mehmood, Sadaf. "Voicing The Silences: Women In Contemporary Pakistani Fiction In English." Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies 18, no. 1 (2019): 113–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v18i1.28.

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Indigenous women of Pakistan have long been struggling with the patriarchal norms. Categorization of their existence in the conventional oppressions connotes diversified victimization. Grappling with such assorted repressions and articulating the subsequent silences, women writers of Pakistan and the social activists are incessantly engaged to empower women from societal peripheries. The selected fiction exposes how the indigenous woman is controlled and exploited on the name of religio-cultural rhetoric. The present article outlines the historical developments in changing the social positioni
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Zainab, Rida, Maria Liaqat, Pakeeza Fatima, and Hassan Bin Zubair. "A Postcolonial Feminist Appraisal of Pakistani English Literature." Journal of Education, Teaching and Social Studies 4, no. 2 (2022): p7. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jetss.v4n2p7.

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This research explores women’s position in Pakistani society. Women are considered an interesting topic for researchers. The following research will show women’s empowerment in male-dominant backgrounds. This research offers a close analysis of women’s presentations by Pakistani English writers. This research is qualitative in nature. It provides a detailed account of information about postcolonial feminism and feminist writers of contemporary times. Portraiture of women is clear in the works of Pakistani English writers. The whole task will be accomplished with the impact of Colonialism. Paki
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Zainab, Rida, Maria Liaqat, Pakeeza Fatima, and Hassan Bin Zubair. "A Postcolonial Feminist Appraisal of Pakistani English Literature." Journal of Education, Teaching and Social Studies 4, no. 2 (2022): p7. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jetss.v4n2p7.

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This research explores women’s position in Pakistani society. Women are considered an interesting topic for researchers. The following research will show women’s empowerment in male-dominant backgrounds. This research offers a close analysis of women’s presentations by Pakistani English writers. This research is qualitative in nature. It provides a detailed account of information about postcolonial feminism and feminist writers of contemporary times. Portraiture of women is clear in the works of Pakistani English writers. The whole task will be accomplished with the impact of Colonialism. Paki
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Rehman, Nabila, Tabassum Maqbool, and Saira Akhter. "THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN’S IDENTITY IN THE HOLY WOMAN AND SLUM CHILD." Pakistan Journal of Social Research 04, no. 02 (2022): 1048–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i2.600.

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This study investigates the aspect of pejorative condition of Pakistani women through the comparative study of two novels The Holy Woman (2001) by Qaisra Shahraz and Slum Child (2010) written by Bina Shah. Both the novels scrutinize communal and gendered subalternity of women and their struggle for selfhood in male chauvinist society of Pakistan. This research specifically explores the issues of women such as how they are dispossessed of identity, right of choice and social standing in the disguised form of honor. The plight of female characters in The Holy Woman and Slum Child is analyzed rel
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Asghar, Salma, and Urooj Akhter. "Representation of Women: A Corpus-based Analysis of Pakistani English Newspapers." Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends 4, no. 2 (2022): 61–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/jcct.42.04.

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This study investigates the use of gendered lexical items and collocates to deconstruct the patriarchal social system of Pakistan with the help of corpus tools. Media frame the mind and thinking of people with its repetitive announcements. Women being a part of the society are also part of media news but they are underreported by reporters and editors as most of the news are male- filtered news. Pakistani English newspapers are one of the popular sources of getting information across Pakistan. The local social system and male dominating mindset have influenced all types of media in Pakistan. I
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Humayun, Sufia. "Projection of Occidental Gaze in Kartography: A Study of the Western Feminist Prism in the Diaspora Narrative." Journal of English Language, Literature and Education 5, no. 3 (2023): 45–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2023.0503188.

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The research paper employs Kamila Shamsie’s novel Kartography as a primary text to critique the influence of occidental gaze on the diaspora female writers of Pakistan. It explores how these writers end up projecting the Pakistani women from their personal perspective of affluent, educated status mimicking the western feminist philosophy. The study uses textual analysis and closed reading methods within the post-colonial feminism and narrative theoretical framework. The discourse of the occidental gaze, representation/misrepresentation of the Orient, objectification of women, and Western femin
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Zainab, Noreen. "Repression, Isolation, and Paranoia: A Psychoanalytic Feminist Study of ‘The Nightmare’ by Rukhsana Ahmad." University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature 1, no. 1 (2018): 83–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.33195/uochjll/1/1/05/2017.

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Generally, literature written by Pakistani women writers in English depicts women as victims of patriarchy, social and cultural oppression. Meanwhile, in recent times the short fiction is exploring new paradigms related to the psychological oppression of married women in Pakistan. The following paper selects the short story, ‘The Nightmare’ by Pakistani writer, Rukhsana Ahmad, where a housewife suffers from paranoia because of disconsolate marriage. Therefore, this research aims to study the causes of psychological disorders specifically paranoia among apparently happy housewives. Moreover, th
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Salahuddin, Ambreen. "Mystic Language and Symbols: Unity of Being and Pakistani Women Fiction Writers." Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 10, no. 101 (2020): 170–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/jitc.101.09.

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This article explores the concept of unity of being in fiction by Pakistani women writers. The usage of mystic language and depiction of mystical and Sūfi symbols in literature can be traced back to ancient texts. However, it has been deemed alien for women to be Sūfis and have mystic experience, apart from a few exceptions. Indulging in formulating mystical symbols and using mystic language by women has not been perceived as too womanly. The main reason for this is the fact that women’s world-view has been restricted and thus deemed limited. Complete works of fiction by Pakistani women writer
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Mansoor, Asma, and Najeeba Arif, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. "Articulation, Agency and Embodiment in Contemporary Pakistani Urdu Poetry by Women." Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 10, no. 1 (2016): 128–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v10i1.748.

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This paper explores the notions of “articulation,” “agency” and “embodiment” in Urdu poetry composed by Pakistani women. Although these terms have been taken from the First world feminist discourses, we aim to highlight how these three terms were not merely reflected in the contemporary poetry of Pakistani women, but rather were used to express their own modalities and associations as they countered the patriarchal system within which they were embedded. Our study does not simply apply these terms on selected poems by Kishwar Naheed (1940-), Fehmeeda Riaz (1946-) and Azra Abbas (19
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Kahf, Mohja. "Women and Social Justice." American Journal of Islam and Society 8, no. 2 (1991): 347–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v8i2.2633.

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The task undertaken in this book, the development of a “third approach”to the issue of women’s oppression superceding both feminism and traditionalism,is much needed and much neglected in the Islamic movement.Specifically, Ahmad analyzes the impact of the introduction of hudud (Islamicpenal code) laws in Pakistan and makes policy recommendations for theirreform. Although his analysis is not limited in usefulness to Pakistan, it islimited, however, by several shortcomings in argument, structure, and language.Ahmad’s strong points emerge in his empirical study of Pakistani familylaw. While he at
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K., Anukala. "Deplorable Condition of Women and Patriarchal Domination in Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 5 (2020): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i5.10595.

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Parsi writers have contributed a lot to Indian English Literature. The Indian Parsi novelists express their feelings in the form of art. The novelists reflect the psychological dilemma of the minority community and its identity crisis through their works. Being a Parsi writer, Bapsi Sidhwa sees a kind of mental migration when she hybrids from her native land, and pours her feelings and thoughts in to her novels. She is known for her exploration of women’s inner psyche who aspire to live in modernity, inept to break traditional quality intrinsic in them. Most of her writings contain a pinch of
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Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin. "خواتین مصنفین اور حوا کی کہانی: تانیثی، نسائی یا پدر سری". Al-Qamar 7, № 3 (2024): 63–72. https://doi.org/10.53762/k3x3fa59.

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This research paper discusses the retelling of the Qur’anic story of Adam and Eve by women writers to understand the form of women consciousness involved in the retelling of the story. This paper tries to explore different aspects of the Qur’anic narrative that have been used as symbols and metaphors by women writers. The fiction written by Pakistani women writers is included in this study. The study refers to the theoretical position of feminist theologians to ascertain the feminist form of women consciousness. It is concluded that the purely patriarchal interpretations are accepted and used
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Salahuddin, Ambreen. "Usage of Religious Symbols in Fiction by Pakistani Women Writers." Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 08, no. 01 (2018): 84–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/jitc.81.06.

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Salahuddin, Dr Ambreen. "Goddesses from Hindu mythology in fiction by Pakistani women writers." Social Sciences Spectrum 3, no. 4 (2024): 435–42. https://doi.org/10.71085/sss.03.04.192.

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This research discusses the archetypes of Hindu goddesses used as symbols and metaphors in fiction by Pakistani women writers. Their integration of Hindu mythology in contemporary narratives gives the texts a profound depth. The significance of this study lies in the fact that even after the partition of Indian Subcontinent and disconnecting from living in a multi-religious and multi-cultural society, the previously shared culture; i.e., the factors that shape the shared consciousness of the women of this region, including mythological narratives and social norms evolved through centuries, is
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Zainab, Noreen, Aisha Jadoon, and Muhammad Nawaz. "The Culture of Silence and Secrets: Repressions and Psychological Disorders among Pakistani Housewives in Fiction." Global Language Review II, no. I (2017): 114–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(ii-i).09.

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Pakistani housewives suffer emotional and psychological repression in their daily lives, which result in the mental instability and psychological disorders. Through the analysis of two short stories by Pakistani feminist writers Shaila Abdullah and Rukhsana Ahmad, this paper studies the repressions of Pakistani housewives, and their emotional sufferings, to identify the long-lasting effects of emotional abuse among Pakistani women. Using the Freudian theory of unconscious as theoretical basis, this paper analyzed the unconscious of both female protagonists, the stereotypical Pakistani housewiv
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Noreen, Zainab. "The Culture of Silence and Secrets: Repressions and Psychological Disorders among Pakistani Housewives in Fiction." Global Political Review - GPR 2, no. 1 (2019): 114–29. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).09.

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Pakistani housewives suffer emotional and psychological repression in their daily lives, which result in the mental instability and psychological disorders. Through the analysis of two short stories by Pakistani feminist writers Shaila Abdullah and Rukhsana Ahmad, this paper studies the repressions of Pakistani housewives, and their emotional sufferings, to identify the long-lasting effects of emotional abuse among Pakistani women. Using the Freudian theory of unconscious as theoretical basis, this paper analyzed the unconscious of both female protagonists, the stereotypical Pakistani housewiv
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Bibi, Nadia, and Ole Doering. "Missing themes of manhood and childhood: an analysis of Pakistani and American women writings." Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) 8, no. 1 (2024): 88–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/8.1.5.

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This article aims to discover the element of partiality and political representation in women's writings, focusing on authors from the United States and Pakistan. Its goal is the identification of recurring and negligent themes in a profound assessment covering four centuries of women’s narratives and compelling anthologies. The woman literature revolves around women's challenges and their rights. It seems to be chauvinism to ignore other vital themes in literature. Though man is also abused sexually, morally and psychologically in a society being part of a marginalised member of the patriarch
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Maria Noureen, Iqra Maab, and Irum Musa. "Generalisation of Patriarchy in Pakistan: Analysing Negation Concerning Women in Ziauddin Yousafzai’s Let Her Fly." Journal of Contemporary Poetics 8, no. 1 (2024): 17–31. https://doi.org/10.54487/jcp.v8i1.5798.

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Negation is a linguistic tool used to express denial, contradiction, non-existence, or falsification of a proposition or a sentence. This paper highlights the use of negation as a strategy to misrepresent Pakistani society as highly patriarchal. Patriarchy exists in every culture, but its intensity varies in different cultures. The present study examines how Ziauddin Yousafzai and Louise Carpenter employ negation to illustrate the concept of patriarchy in Pakistan. However, this view cannot be extended to the whole country. Gerda Hedwig Lerner and Sylvia Walby’s theory of patriarchy supports t
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Gholi, Ahmad. "Representation of Oriental Travelees and Locus in Jurgen Wasim Frembgen’s Travelogue: The Closed Valley: With Fierce Friends in Pakistani Himalays." International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 6, no. 1 (2016): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.1p.84.

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The oft despised and ignored genre of travel writing was recognized as worthy of scholarly investigation in 1970s thanks to Edward Said’s Orientalism, the wave of deconstructionism, and postcolonialism (Calzati, 2015). For these scholars, travel writers do not present a transparent window to an alien space and its residents even though they normally claim it. For them the representation of the traveled terrain and travelees is an ideological construction which is tainted with the travel writer’s ‘habitus’ and ‘field’ and crafted through fictional devices. In this regard, by drawing on postcolo
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Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin та Sajjad Hussain Baloch. "پاکستانی خواتین مصنفین کے فکشن میں مذہبی اور متصوفانہ استعارےReligious and Mystic Metaphors in fiction of Pakistani Women Writers". Al-Qamar 4, № 2 (2021): 395–404. https://doi.org/10.53762/e33a7t54.

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This research analysis the religious and mystic symbols in the works of women fiction writers of Pakistan. Complete works of sixteen women fiction writers of Pakistan was studied for this research and it was tried to explore that how religion and Sufism are a source of symbols and metaphors in their novels and short stories. It has also been tried to determine in this research that whether the religious and mystic metaphors are used in their prevalent form or is there any change in their connotation. Findings show that there are innumerable mystic and religious metaphors in the works of these
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Hamid, Zebunnisa. "Behind the Scenes: The Women Filmmakers of New Pakistani Cinema." BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies 11, no. 1 (2020): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0974927620942316.

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In order to locate and contextualise the space women filmmakers occupy in what I refer to as New Pakistani Cinema (NPC), this article highlights the eight women directors of NPC, whose films were released between 2013 and 2018: Afia Nathaniel, Iram Parveen Bilal, Meenu Gaur, Mehreen Jabbar, Momina Duraid, Sabiha Sumar, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Shazia Ali Khan. In doing so, this article also touches upon women working behind the scenes as producers and writers (often in multiple roles on the same film as director, producer and/or writer) to illustrate how women filmmakers have played a key rol
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Anisa Sadiq. "Patriarchal Ideology: A Feminist Study in Pakistani Short Stories Fiction." sjesr 6, no. 3 (2023): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.36902/sjesr-vol6-iss3-2023(24-28).

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This paper intends to examine the position of women during the patriarchal structure to become strong enough for honorable survival. We apply Gerda Lerner's creation of Patriarchy (1989) in the present study. Patriarchy provokes Women voiceless through various assumptions and ideologies. The study has been conducted through textual analysis of Pakistani Short stories while focusing on different customs and events represented by Pakistani feminists to highlight the patriarchal structures. It shows that women have been treated as objects without caring for their desires. Their disrespect for pat
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Alphy, Lal V. "Female Subjectivity and Discursive Body: A Feminist Reading of Selected Short Stories of Pakistani Women Writers." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 11, S2 (2024): 10–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12606151.

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Female subjectivity arises from the Cartesian mind and body dichotomy, categorising women as emotional subjects. When women began writing to assert their identity, they recognised the inadequacy of patriarchal language in expressing their trauma and inner feelings. Feminists also advocated discussing the specific female experiences related to their maternal bodies using fragmented, non-linear and disrupted language. This paper explores how women reclaim their subjectivity by addressing their tormented and exploited bodies. This investigation is rooted in Islamic feminism and examines selected
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Zia, Ahmed Dogar. "White Womans Burden: A Critique of White Womens Portrayal in Selected Postcolonial Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review 4, no. 3 (2019): 326–31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).42.

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Image of white women occur frequently in postcolonial writings. This paper attempts to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the white womens portrayals in the selected Pakistani postcolonial fiction to determine the comparative discrepancy between the assumptions and reality about the role of white women in the colonies. The white women being the part of civilizing mission of the white man, are seen with a particular light by the indigenous people because in comparison to the white man, white womes role has been that of a benevolent mother. This problematizes the situation and hence calls for
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Dr, Alka Sharma. "Patriarchal Pattern and Subjugation of Women: Reading Journey of Selected Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa." 'Journal of Research & Development' 15, no. 13 (2023): 15–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8133642.

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Literature reflects the social, political, economic, cultural and spiritual conditions of the age in which it is written. In fact, it goes deep into the historical, sociological and political phenomena of the real life and reveals the knowledge of the real world. The writers’ primary task is to examine the social human behavior in the prevailing social milieu. Malcolm Bradbury is right when he says, “Literature bears a complex relation to prevailing institution and social organizations to the general feel and texture of contemporary life”. The post-colonial literary discourse
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Hussain, Talib, Hafiz Kamran Farooqi, and Taimur Kayani. "Negotiating Patriarchy in Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride: A Postcolonial Feminist Analysis." Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences 3, no. 2 (2024): 836–53. https://doi.org/10.63954/wajss.3.2.9.2024.

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The paper analyzes female agency and resilience in The Pakistani Bride by Bapsi Sidhwa, emphasizing the role of patriarchy and colonial legacies in constructing gendered oppression. While many Pakistani writers have examined the challenges faced by women in patriarchal systems, they often depict their struggles and resilience. Nevertheless, several works in Pakistani literature deviate from conventional tales. Bapsi Sidhwa, recognized for her unique literary style, depicts women as being independent and confident, providing an alternate viewpoint on female agency in Pakistani literature. The n
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Zaidi, Saba, Mehwish Sahibzada, and Sardar Farooq. "SUBVERSION OF PRE-DEFINED FEMALE GENDER ROLES IN PAKISTANI SOCIETY: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON, BUTTERFLY SEASON AND STAINED." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 61, no. 1 (2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/jssh.v61i1.594.

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The present research aspires to represent the subversion of pre-defined gender roles in the novels; The Shadow of the Crescent Moon (2013) by Fatima Bhutto, Butterfly Season (2014) by Natasha Ahmed, and Stained (2016) by Abda Khan. The researchers had tried to depict the destabilization of gender-based stereotyped identity from the Pakistani perspective. The selected method of study was Feminist Analysis by Tyson (2006), which examined literature as a medium to represent feminist issues, whereas; the theoretical angle of “Matrix of Domination” from Collins’ (2004) Feminist/Gender theory was us
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Dogar, Zia Ahmed, Akbar Sajid, and Muhammad Riaz Khan. "White Womans Burden: A Critique of White Womens Portrayal in Selected Postcolonial Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. III (2019): 326–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(iv-iii).42.

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Image of white women occur frequently in postcolonial writings. This paper attempts to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the white womens portrayals in the selected Pakistani postcolonial fiction to determine the comparative discrepancy between the assumptions and reality about the role of white women in the colonies. The white women being the part of civilizing mission of the white man, are seen with a particular light by the indigenous people because in comparison to the white man, white womes role has been that of a benevolent mother. This problematizes the situation and hence calls for
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Muniha Saleem, Bilal Asmat Cheema, and Muhammad Kashif Nazar. "Female Marginality in Contemporary Pakistan: A Feminist Critique of Feryal Ali Gauhar’s An Abundance of Wild Roses." Social Science Review Archives 3, no. 1 (2025): 18–24. https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v2i2.256.

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Through a close reading of Feryal Ali Gauhar’s novel, An Abundance of Wild Roses (2024), the paper explores the intricate themes of female marginalization, environmental degradation, misogyny, gender-based violence, and cultural stereotypes. This research paper focuses on the complex issues experienced by contemporary Pakistan’s women. This study will analyze the novel through the lens of feminism. The study will further elaborate on how the female characters encounter tragic fate followed by oppression and physical torture in a patriarchal society. The study reveals the harsh realities of con
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Mukherjee, Sayan. "Dark Portrayal of Gender: A Post-colonial Feminist Reflection of Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride and The Ice-candy Man." History Research Journal 5, no. 5 (2019): 81–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/hrj.v5i5.7919.

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The portrayals of women by fiction writers of Indian sub-continent can be seen in the context of postcolonial feminism. Sidhwa’s novels may be a part of postcolonial fiction, which is fiction produced mostly in the former British colonies. As Bill Ashcroft suggests in The Empire Writes Back, the literatures produced in these areas are mostly a reaction against the negative portrayals of the local culture by the literatures produced in these areas are mostly a reaction against the negative portrayals of the local culture by the colonizers. About the role of postcolonial literature with respect
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Sachdev, Neerja. "WOMEN AS A VICTIM OF PATRIARCHAL CONSTRUCT IN THE PAKISTANI BRIDE AND WATER." International Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (IJSSH) 5, no. 2 (2020): 10–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.58885/ijllis.v5i2.10.ns.

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Bapsi Sidwa an ambassador of Pakistan Literature is not only a story teller but an artist who has very enigmatically related the plight and exploitation of women in the patriarchal society. When we talk of ‘Feminism’ we refer to the movement which has played an important role in projecting the suppressed status of women in the patriarchal society. The term also signifies the emergence of the power of the women over the constructs of male dominance and a movement to acquire the equal rights of the women with men in all walks of life, social, moral, economic legal and so on. Men establish their
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Lodhi, Muhammad Arfan, Faiza Khalid, Iqbal Mehmood, Faiz Rasool, Farhan Akbar, and Muhammad Amir Kamal. "Social and Physical Entrapments of Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things." English Language and Literature Studies 9, no. 2 (2019): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ells.v9n2p57.

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The study highlights the social and physical entrapments of women in two novels: Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. Both writers belong to two different cultures. Bapsi Sidhwa is a Punjabi, Parsi, Pakistani novelist while Arundhati Roy is an Indian Author. Regardless of their different cultures, they have discussed similar issues faced by women of their contemporary societies. This case study adopted exploratory research framework to gather data and undergo its content analysis from the text of two selected novels. The findings explica
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Lashari, Sajid. "Systematic Objectification of Eastern Women in Western Society A Case Study of ‘The Optimist’ by Bina Shah." International Journal of Trends and Innovations in Business & Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (2023): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.48112/tibss.v1i1.424.

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Patriarchy is deeply rooted in all societies of the world and many sociological, political and religious reasons are behind this ideology. This was not highlighted by western writers in the past but it exists in the western modern world is also as presented by Loius Tyson (2006). He has claimed that women are kept oppressed economically, politically, socially and psychologically by patriarchy, moreover, women are considered as the ‘other’, therefore objectified and marginalized. The writings of eastern writers like the short story ‘The Optimist’ written by Bina Shah verifies the claims of Tyso
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Lashari, Sajid. "Systematic Objectification of Eastern Women in Western Society: A Case Study of ‘The Optimist’ by Bina Shah." International Journal of Trends and Innovations in Business & Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (2023): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.48112/tibs.v1i1.424.

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Patriarchy is deeply rooted in all societies of the world and many sociological, political and religious reasons are behind this ideology. This was not highlighted by western writers in the past but it exists in the western modern world is also as presented by Loius Tyson (2006). He has claimed that women are kept oppressed economically, politically, socially and psychologically by patriarchy, moreover, women are considered as the ‘other’, therefore objectified and marginalized. The writings of eastern writers like the short story ‘The Optimist’ written by Bina Shah verifies the claims of Tyso
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Rashed, Sara. "Reframing Identities: Pakistani Women's Response to Globalization and Societal Pressures." Human Nature Journal of Social Sciences 4, no. 4 (2023): 215–24. https://doi.org/10.71016/hnjss/6f0ad294.

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Aim of the Study: In today’s fast developing globalized scenario, the ideas of conformity, identity and uniformity have gained paramount attention in the fiction of the Pakistani female writers. The paper critically scrutinizes the impact of global cultural changes on the lives of Pakistani women with a particular critique of their representation in the Western feminist discourse, which presents them as single, essentialist, monolithic entities, by presenting a more nuanced depiction of Pakistani women. This is done through the portrayal of female characters that possess multiple identities ow
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Biswas, Sanjib Kr, and Priyanka Tripathi. "The Blame Game: War and Violence in Dilruba Z. Ara’s <I>Blame</I>." Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 12, no. 1 (2018): 43–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v12i1.1208.

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Contemporary studies pertaining to the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh by South Asian women writers have ignited reinvestigation into the intensity of violence, rape and attribution of blame. Ethnicity based gendered violence in 1971 and the sudden shift in the attribution of the blame are some of the issues that have also been dealt with by a few Bangladeshi diasporic women novelists such as Tahmima Anam and Dilruba Z. Ara in their post-2000 novels written in English. Dilruba Z. Ara, a Swedish-Bangladeshi novelist, in her novel Blame (2015) emphasises that the blame game is a significant re
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Basra, Zainab, Urooj Fatima Alvi, and Mubashar Nadeem. "MUSLIM FEMINISTIC NARRATIVE IN POETRY: A LITERARY ANALYSIS OF FAHMIDA RIAZ'S POEMS." Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 7, no. 2 (2022): 424–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol7iss2pp424-443.

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Background and Purpose: Fahmida Riaz was able to articulate precise feminist politics through her voice because she was audible to many women in the Pakistani context. The current study investigates how her writings about the female body were not merely a tool to celebrate or raise the sexual distance, but also influenced a political intervention and shifted the dominant patriarchal structures present in literary as well as other social and political levels. The purpose of the research is to shed light on how a specific poet's voice was able to reach a large audience of women and articulate ex
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Gasparyan, Seda, and Nvard Yernjakyan. "BRITISH IDENTITY MANIFESTATIONS IN THE POSTMODERN LITERARY FRAME." Armenian Folia Anglistika 18, no. 2 (26) (2022): 108–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.46991/afa/2022.18.2.108.

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National identity can be traced in almost all the spheres of human habitat – cultural, institutional, political, literary, pshychological, daily routine and many others, that is both in the verbal and non verbal activities of all and each person, respectively. In this research we look upon the British identity manifestations in the post-modern multifaceted literary frame based on the English short story contexts. Given the popular approach of the marked British conventionalism, concepts and cultural artefacts, as it were, we elucidate the stories of three contemporary women writers — A.S. Byat
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Padra, Brahmananda, and Sanjay Suman. "S. H. Manto’s legendary contribution to partition of India." International Journal of English Language, Education and Literature Studies (IJEEL) 3, no. 2 (2024): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeel.3.2.5.

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The brutality and anguish of the Indian partition drastically altered the social and political development of the Indian subcontinent, and its effects can still be felt today. Along with the deaths and damage, the incident also left a lasting psychological scar on the minds of millions of individuals, particularly the minds of women and children. No writer of the time and its aftermath could escape the age of foolishness, the season of darkness and the time of despair. It is difficult to sweep beneath the rug actual acts of kidnapping, uprooting, train raids, trauma, Insanity, suicide, murder,
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Zakia Naeem. "Land, Woman and Lord: An Ecofeminist Study of Tehmina Durrani’s Novels My Feudal Lord and Blasphemy." Kashf Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 2, no. 01 (2025): 63–74. https://doi.org/10.71146/kjmr211.

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Place and woman have always been considered the utmost important belongings of men since the beginning of life on the earth. Especially in Pakistani rural society patriarchy is more in dominance than in other parts of the country due to the illiteracy and suppression of female rights. Thus, women are treated as entities in the hands of men, just like their places and lands. Female individuality has been marginalized and subjugated ever since. South Asian female writers gave a voice to these voiceless creatures and openly presented their issues in front of the world. With the application of the
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Dr. Safia Niazi, Shazia Naz, and Dr. Naeem Akhtar. "<b>Analysis of Pedagogical Approaches to Pakistani Women Writers and Feminist Themes in English Literature: An Educational Exploration</b>." Journal of Management & Social Science 2, no. 2 (2025): 627–43. https://doi.org/10.63075/bzc85t49.

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This research investigates feminist themes in English-language literature created by Pakistani women authors, analyzing their roles in South Asian feminist discussions within postcolonial and socio-cultural frameworks. Using a secondary qualitative analysis, it explores common themes including female identity, resistance against patriarchy, intersectionality, and diasporic experiences in the writings of authors such as Bapsi Sidhwa, Kamila Shamsie, Qaisra Shahraz, Uzma Aslam Khan, and Moni Mohsin. Employing Elaine Showalter’s three-phase model (feminine, feminist, female) along with feminist t
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Gupta, Shradha. "Fragmented Lives: Analyzing Genocidal Trauma and the Plight of Abducted Women during the Partition in Select Indian and Pakistani Short Fiction." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 9, no. 6 (2024): 298–305. https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.96.49.

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At the threshold of commemorating seventy-seven years of Indian independence, the shadows of cataclysmic incident of Partition and its aftermath cannot be obliterated. The political upheaval at the midnight is historicized with demographics analysing the root cause of the division and creation of two states and accounts glorifying the independence movement catering to the purpose of nationalistic fervour but the heart wrenching accounts of human suffering recorded in literary works by the writers writing from the opposite sides of the great divide narrate the unsayable experiences of the milli
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Shahbaz Ali Khan, Hoorain Rauf, Muhammad Luqman, Chahat Shah Zaib, and Nadia Gul. "EXILE,ENCOUNTER,AND EMPOWERMENT:RE-ORIENTALIST ANALYSIS IN BAPSI SIDHWA’S THE AMERICAN BRAT." Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT) 8, no. 3 (2025): 958–72. https://doi.org/10.63878/jalt1058.

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This paper critically analyses the novel of Bapsi Sidhwa An American Brat (1994) in relation to the Re-Orientalism theory of Lisa Lau that discusses the possibility of diasporic South Asian writers reinforcing the stereotypes of the Orientalist due to their unintentional efficacies of doing so. The study examines the concept of Sidhwa as an insider and outsider who seeks to navigate through portraying Pakistani culture and targeting the Western audiences. The study provides three main components of Re-Orientalism in the novel, i.e. cultural recognition in terms of stereotyping images, generali
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Khanum, Surryia, Dr Muhammad Arfan Lodhi, and Anila Hashim. "Thematic and Contextual Reflection of Women in ‘Honour Unmasked’ by Nafisa Shah." Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy 6, no. 1 (2022): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i01.004.

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The purpose of this research is to provide light on the trauma experienced by females in Pakistan, particularly in upper Sindh. This research shall show how women are murdered in the name of honor as a result of this investigation. Nafisa Shah, the author of this book, has worked as a journalist, researcher, and administrator. She is from upper Sindh, which explains why she went into depth about the genuine unpleasant truths of Karo kari (A detestable ritual). The author recounts the instances of women who were assassinated in the sake of honor. Additionally, she highlights the experiences of
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Beenish Fatima. ""Haasil Ghaat " A Reflection of Trans Cultural Literature." Dareecha-e-Tahqeeq 1, no. 1 (2022): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.58760/dareechaetahqeeq.v1i1.3.

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‘‘Hasil Ghat’’ is written by famous romantic novelist Bano Qudsia who is the well known Urdu writer and famous for her love, romance and social novels. This novel describes the views of an old Pakistani Humayun Farid, who is visiting her immigrant daughter. This story points out the difference between the two civilizations. The author also describes the difference between two ages, which creates psychological complexes. This novel is a story of memories, thoughts, cultural comparisons, and views about life in the USA and Pakistan. There is clearly a critical tone in this book toward western cu
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González-Rodríguez, María Luz. "El cuerpo de la mujer como trofeo nacional en Cracking India de Bapsi Sidhwa: historias de vergüenza y culpa." Philologica Canariensia, no. 29 (2023) (May 31, 2023): 175–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.20420/phil.can.2023.595.

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Cracking India (1991), considered the most remarkable novel by the Pakistani-American writer of Parsi descent Bapsi Sidhwa, focuses on the historical event of the Partition that took place in 1947, which divided the Indian subcontinent into the countries of India and Pakistan. The plot is substantially gynocentric and recounts the horrors of this territorial, political and social conflict and depicts how women were objectified not only from a sexual perspective, but also as trophies of power and humiliation on the enemy side. The aim of this article is to explore the concepts of shame and guil
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Alwan, Huda Kadhim. "The Perspective of Woman in Anita Desai's Novel Clear Light of Day." JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES 4, no. 4 (2023): 463–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/jls.4.4.24.

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Anita Desai is a well-known writer in India. Her writings are influenced by the Indian world as well as European literary traditions. In the majority of her works, she is primarily concerned with Indian women. Anita Desai has a feminist vision that explores women's struggles against patriarchal oppression. She is distinct from other female writers in that she stresses personal redemption and inspiration. This research discusses how women struggle secretly and seek liberation in Desai's well-known novel Clear Light of Day (1980). This research focuses on Bimla, the protagonist in Desai's novel,
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Athiyyah, Mamba`ul. "CERMIN WANITA DI MATA DOMINASI MASYARAKAT PATRIARKAT DALAM PEREMPUAN SUCI DAN PEREMPUAN TERLUKA KARYA QAISHRA SHAHRAZ." Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra 8, no. 2 (2009): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/ajbs.2009.08207.

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Perempuan Suci (Holy Woman) and Perempuan terluka (Typhoon) are written by Qaishra Shahraz —a Pakistanian female writer. The novels talk about Woman and Freedom. This paper aims to discuss on how Qaishra Shahraz’s view on woman and freedom, how the tradition and culture subordinates woman. With the theory of Foucault about the power and the theory of feminist, this paper observes the character of Qaishra Shahraz, besides her novels. After seeing her view, it is found that Qaishra Shahraz successfully makes the world see the other side of the Pakistanian women. Qaishra Shahraz has never declare
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Muhammad zawar, Khan, Sardar Sana, and Nazir Muhammad. "Representation of Pakistani Culture through Code-Mixing: A Critical Analysis of the Novel Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz." Lingua Cultura 15, no. 2 (2021): 263–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/lc.v15i2.7551.

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The research aimed to analyze the characteristics of code-mixing in the novel The Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz and the repetition of Urdu words. Code-mixing was an unconscious process that established communication in a multilingual community. It would describe research design, data collection, reasons for accumulating data from the novel, models of linguistic features, and the contextual areas of South Asian English and data analysis. The research applied a qualitative method of analysis that probed the enormous data and detailed analysis of the novel to find out features of code-mixing, the
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Afshan, Rahat. "An analysis of the writings of female short story writers of Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (2019): 1–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjass.v10i1.109.

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The age of Short Stories in Urdu may be shorter than other branches of Urdu literature, but even though of its short-lived life, but the success and accomplishments of short stories is unlike any other form of the Urdu Literature. There is no doubt in the fact that Urdu Short Stories may have a root from English Literature, but our Writers of the short stories included the country and society and hence the true identity of the short stories came up to the surface. The way the female writers of Urdu Short Stories highlighted the new topics with new techniques is beyond compare and deserves appr
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