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IMPACT OF ETHNIC POLITICS AND EXPLOITATION AN ANALYSIS OF ICECANDY MAN AND MEATLESS DAYS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).05      10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).05      Published : Jun 2023

Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days

Abstract

    Third-world nations have a problem with ethnic and religious violence, which is examined in this research by Frantz Fanon. Pakistan, a formerly colonised country, falls under this category. Numerous writers have written works that address this subject, including Sara Suleri and Bapsi Sidhwa. This investigation focuses on ethnic politics and religious issues in Pakistan. India was divided in 1947, and the new countries of India and Pakistan were born. Nonetheless, since East Pakistan (Bangladesh) broke out in 1971 due to ethnic politics, significant issues with national identity have been highlighted. This study's main objective is to explain why ethnic politics and religious conflicts have become worse in Pakistan after it broke apart from previous United India. Governmental elites in developing countries abuse their population based on their ethnicity. As a result, racial and religious tensions in the country erupted. It helps to comprehend Fanon's views on neocolonialism in this case.The book Ice-Candy Man and the memoir Meatless Days were closely read (textually analysed) for
    this study.

    Nationalism, Neo-colonialism, Ethnic Politics, Exploitation, Islamization

    (1) Rubab Khalid
    M.Phill English Literature, Ripahah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Samina Yasmin
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Naveed Akhtar
    Administrative Officer, University of Education, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Khalid, R., Yasmin, S., & Akhtar, M. N. (2023). Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days. Global Language Review, VIII(II), 44-54 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).05

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khalid, Rubab, Samina Yasmin, and Muhammad Naveed Akhtar. 2023. "Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days." Global Language Review, VIII (II): 44-54 doi: 10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).05

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHALID, R., YASMIN, S. & AKHTAR, M. N. 2023. Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days. Global Language Review, VIII, 44-54 .

MHRA

    MHRA : Khalid, Rubab, Samina Yasmin, and Muhammad Naveed Akhtar. 2023. "Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days." Global Language Review, VIII: 44-54

MLA

    MLA : Khalid, Rubab, Samina Yasmin, and Muhammad Naveed Akhtar. "Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days." Global Language Review, VIII.II (2023): 44-54 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khalid, Rubab, Yasmin, Samina, and Akhtar, Muhammad Naveed (2023), "Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days", Global Language Review, VIII (II), 44-54

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khalid, Rubab, Samina Yasmin, and Muhammad Naveed Akhtar. "Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days." Global Language Review VIII, no. II (2023): 44-54 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2023(VIII-II).05