Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif
The present study pursues the primaeval customs of patriarchy and its tormenting effects happening in the lives of women in Pakistan. The purpose of this research is to explore how patriarchal traditions, class differences, and their triple marginalization in the novel played chaos in the lives of females. Though the existing status of women is traditionally much better than that of women in the West but still they are not empowered and are deprived of basic rights. GC Spivak provides the theoretical foundations for this research through her theory, can the subaltern speak (1988). This research is based on qualitative textual analysis. The present study explores the status of women in Pakistan through the characterization of various female characters in the novel. This study concludes that they are portrayed as compliant and deserted beings deprived of every kind of individualism.
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Stagnant, Stereotype, Subaltern, Marginalization, Resistance
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(1) Saira Siraj
Independent Researcher
(2) Muhammad Tahir Anjum
Lecturer, Department of English, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Abdus Samad
Assistant Professor/Chairman, Department of English, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Siraj, S., Anjum, M. T., & Samad, A. (2021). Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif. Global Language Review, VI(I), 84-89. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).09
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CHICAGO : Siraj, Saira, Muhammad Tahir Anjum, and Abdus Samad. 2021. "Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif." Global Language Review, VI (I): 84-89 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).09
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HARVARD : SIRAJ, S., ANJUM, M. T. & SAMAD, A. 2021. Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif. Global Language Review, VI, 84-89.
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MHRA : Siraj, Saira, Muhammad Tahir Anjum, and Abdus Samad. 2021. "Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif." Global Language Review, VI: 84-89
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MLA : Siraj, Saira, Muhammad Tahir Anjum, and Abdus Samad. "Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif." Global Language Review, VI.I (2021): 84-89 Print.
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OXFORD : Siraj, Saira, Anjum, Muhammad Tahir, and Samad, Abdus (2021), "Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif", Global Language Review, VI (I), 84-89
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TURABIAN : Siraj, Saira, Muhammad Tahir Anjum, and Abdus Samad. "Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif." Global Language Review VI, no. I (2021): 84-89. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).09