http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).12
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).12
Published : Mar 2022
Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar
Indigeneity is a powerful means of representation and also a contested idea in the modern postcolonial world; used as a tool of resistance and conscious socio-political strategy to express collective identities. The assertion of singularity is the starting point of the path to achieve identity rooted in unique history, distinguished culture, religion, art and fables.The paper aims to understand the concept of Indigeneity employing Mbembe’s theory of decolonization by (re)visit to Loonri, a textual utopia created by Riffat Abbas in Namak ka Jeevan Ghar, the novel initially written in Saraiki. The paper reflects on identity discourses and native dialogue with power and governance structure as well as “other”. The study unearthed how in a parallel modern world, the indigenous inhabitants of a region formulate subversive strategies over time to maintain a unique identity with their creative spirit and sturdy imagination to maintain Indigeneity as parallel modernity.
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Parallel Modernity, Decolonization, Indigeneity, Sovereignty, Saraiki Literature
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(1) Muhammad Kamran Fiaz
PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Rafida Nawaz
PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin ZAssistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistanakariya University, Multan, Punjab,
(3) Aniqua Munawar
PhD Scholar, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Fiaz, M. K., Nawaz, R., & Munawar, A. (2022). Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar. Global Language Review, VII(I), 129 - 138. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).12
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CHICAGO : Fiaz, Muhammad Kamran, Rafida Nawaz, and Aniqua Munawar. 2022. "Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar." Global Language Review, VII (I): 129 - 138 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).12
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HARVARD : FIAZ, M. K., NAWAZ, R. & MUNAWAR, A. 2022. Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar. Global Language Review, VII, 129 - 138.
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MHRA : Fiaz, Muhammad Kamran, Rafida Nawaz, and Aniqua Munawar. 2022. "Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar." Global Language Review, VII: 129 - 138
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MLA : Fiaz, Muhammad Kamran, Rafida Nawaz, and Aniqua Munawar. "Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar." Global Language Review, VII.I (2022): 129 - 138 Print.
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OXFORD : Fiaz, Muhammad Kamran, Nawaz, Rafida, and Munawar, Aniqua (2022), "Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar", Global Language Review, VII (I), 129 - 138
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TURABIAN : Fiaz, Muhammad Kamran, Rafida Nawaz, and Aniqua Munawar. "Parallel Modernity and Indigeneity in Riffat Abbas's Namak Ka Jeevan Ghar." Global Language Review VII, no. I (2022): 129 - 138. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).12