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A SOCIOCOGNITIVE APPROACH TO THE DISCOURSES OF SELFIDENTITY AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT TRANSGENDER IN DISTRICT MANSEHRA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).20      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).20      Published : Jun 2020

A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra

Abstract

    This study critically examines the discourses about the self-identity formation and public perception about transgender community in District Mansehra, Pakistan. The study is theoretically guided by socio-cognitive approach of discourse analysis. The data was collected in the participant setting through in-depth interviews from the twenty transgender and fifteen respondents from the general public. The views of transgender about their self-identity and public perception about transgender was analyzed in the light of the linguistic choices while using socio-cognitive model. It was found that the self-identity formation of transgender is socially constructed that was reflected in their discourse. Likewise, the status, acceptance and overall social existence of transgender are also potentially determined by the views and narratives of the general public. The study concludes that the identity formation and discrimination of transgender is socially and linguistically constructed and internalized by the transgender community in specific and society in general.

    (1) Ghani Rahman
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Khalil ur Rahman
    Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahabullah
    Lecturer, Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Rahman, G., Rahman, K. u., & Shahabullah. (2020). A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra. Global Social Sciences Review, V(II), 210-220. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).20

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Rahman, Ghani, Khalil ur Rahman, and Shahabullah. 2020. "A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra." Global Social Sciences Review, V (II): 210-220 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).20

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RAHMAN, G., RAHMAN, K. U. & SHAHABULLAH. 2020. A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 210-220.

MHRA

    MHRA : Rahman, Ghani, Khalil ur Rahman, and Shahabullah. 2020. "A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 210-220

MLA

    MLA : Rahman, Ghani, Khalil ur Rahman, and Shahabullah. "A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra." Global Social Sciences Review, V.II (2020): 210-220 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Rahman, Ghani, Rahman, Khalil ur, and Shahabullah, (2020), "A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra", Global Social Sciences Review, V (II), 210-220

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Rahman, Ghani, Khalil ur Rahman, and Shahabullah. "A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Discourses of Self-Identity and Public Perception about Transgender in District Mansehra." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 210-220. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).20