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63 Pages : 633-641

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).63      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).63      Published : Mar 2020

Women, History And Faith: Suleri's Critique Of Pakistan's National Culture In Meatless Days And Boys Will Be Boys

    Sara Suleri is divided between her fascination for her father's strong character and her repulsion for the consequent effect on woman's space in family life, connoting a critique of Pakistani patriarchal society in which women, irrespective of their social status, suffer from marginalization. Although Suleri's Boys Will Be Boys is an elegy for her father, as she announces in the sub-title of the work, she manages her tilt toward her father despite her advocacy of the woman's space miserably shrunk to domestic life in Pakistani society. Besides womenÂ’s position, she questions the dominant version of history and the state's political manipulation of religion for ulterior motives. She is close to Boehmer's theorization of the elitist continuities and intimacies with a view that develops from geographically and historically multiple contexts and histories. Her role as a native intellectual is two-pronged: her view is colored by Western discourse, but her status as a 'representative' Pakistani voice is also significant. This article analyzes how far Suleri's representation of women, religion and history of Pakistani society is colored by Western context.

    Pakistani Literature in English, Nation, Representation, Feminism, Patriarchy, Gender, Sara Suleri
    (1) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mazhar Hayat
    Professor, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Ali Waqar Hashmi
    Research Assistant, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

03 Pages : 16-25

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).03      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).03      Published : Mar 2021

Revisiting Ideological Boundaries of Pakistani Nationalism: A Study of Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden

    This study explores the shattered Pakistani nationalism in Nadeem Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013) in the context of the post-9/11 invading military globalism and reactionary social globalism. Focusing on Nadeem Aslam's hallmark work, 'The Blind Man's Garden' (2013), this article not only explores the current foundationless nationalism of Pakistan as the byproduct of undue chauvinism instead of being the outcome of its real ideology but also stresses the need for renewal of ideological boundaries of Pakistan in the light of current sweeping effects of thick globalism. Being a diaspora and much influenced by the secularity of the host society, Aslam seems to be desirous of featuring the nationalist inscription of home society in accordance with the global world, as is revealed from the roles played by his characters like Mikal etc. in the novel. The study motivates us to revisit the national myths with an aim to devise the marks of nationalism, provided if we are to rehabilitate our national identity.

    Nation, Nationalism, Globalism, Globalization, Pakistani Literature in English
    (1) Atta-ul-Mustafa
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities & Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ali Usman Saleem
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

04 Pages : 30-37

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).04      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).04      Published : Jun 2021

Socio-Cultural Trauma and Gender Objectification in Haider's How It Happened: A Cultural Feminist Study

    The research aims to pinpoint the socio-cultural suppressive crisis faced by the Pakistani women and tends to evaluate the standards through which Pakistani women are (mis)recognized through Shazaf Fatima Haider's How It Happened (2012). It focuses upon the internalized social norms regarding women's conduct to achieve perfection and a state of acceptability which have terrifyingly placed a question mark upon women's existence. Zeba, being the protagonist of How It Happened, undergoes anunnerving situation, being continuously displayed as an object for her marriage. Simone de Beauvoir's cultural feminist ideologies in her work, The Second Sex(1997), tend to deconstruct falsely existing cultural archetypes. She illustrates in her work the transformative stages of women's life beginning from the oppressive state towards the protesting state. Consequently, celebrating women's strength by acknowledging biological differences. Through the methodological application of a Textual analytical apparatus, this research tends to reverse the suppressive patriarchal patterns, bringing women from the periphery to the center, also providing a voice to silenced women entangled in the fabricated culture.

    Gender, Feminism, Pakistani Literature in English, Fiction
    (1) Nida Tabassum
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Owais Ifzal
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Hafizabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

11 Pages : 108 - 114

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).11      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).11      Published : Jun 2022

Thematic Analysis of The Wandering Falcon: A Representative Pakistani Anglophone Fiction

    Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon (2011) offers a striking example of the ways in which historical and political contexts impact the reception of Pakistani Anglophone fiction due to its unique publication history. Ahmad creates a correlation between identity, language, and physiognomy of individuals through Tor Baz, whose identity continuously passes through the process of change in the frigid tribal culture. This paper raises questions regarding how a literary text achieves commercial success and how the geopolitical context of both its setting and the location of the author affects the publication and reception of the work.

    The Wandering Falcon, Pakistani Anglophone Fiction, Pakistani literature in English
    (1) Barirah Nazir
    Lecturer in English, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Aneela Gill
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Riaz Khan
    Lecturer in English, BZU Bahadur Sub-campus, Layyah, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.