Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story
The present study tends to explore the feminine subjectivity as a heart-throbbing phenomenon for men that keeps on prevailing in a patriarchal society. This is an exploration into the life of Pakistan's renowned writer, poet and human activist, Kishwar Naheed. Her autobiographical writing Buri Aurat ki Katha (A Bad Woman's Story) probes into the life of a female character who is being restrained by society due to her achievements and fame but gender discrimination prevailing in society compelled her to consider herself a stigma. Naheed is taken as a representative character to project the reality of a patriarchal society that denies feminine subjectivity in society. It covers gynophobia over men's mind towards women powerful and independent existence in society. This study contextualizes within the border of feminism theory that covers threat to female identity by throwing light to the perspective taken by Kristeva's views on feminism, majorly focusing on male jingoistic society. The present inquiry spotlights the ways in which women suffer through threatened, identity crisis, abuse, and oppression that further leads woman's journey of life restrained under social commands.
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(1) Amna Aziz
Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Aniqa Rashid
Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Tayyabba Yasmin
Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Aziz, A., Rashid, A., & Yasmin, T. (2020). Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story. Global Social Sciences Review, V(III), 365-373. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).39
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CHICAGO : Aziz, Amna, Aniqa Rashid, and Tayyabba Yasmin. 2020. "Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story." Global Social Sciences Review, V (III): 365-373 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).39
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HARVARD : AZIZ, A., RASHID, A. & YASMIN, T. 2020. Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 365-373.
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MHRA : Aziz, Amna, Aniqa Rashid, and Tayyabba Yasmin. 2020. "Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 365-373
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MLA : Aziz, Amna, Aniqa Rashid, and Tayyabba Yasmin. "Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story." Global Social Sciences Review, V.III (2020): 365-373 Print.
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OXFORD : Aziz, Amna, Rashid, Aniqa, and Yasmin, Tayyabba (2020), "Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story", Global Social Sciences Review, V (III), 365-373
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TURABIAN : Aziz, Amna, Aniqa Rashid, and Tayyabba Yasmin. "Analyzing Feminine Subjectivity in Male Jingoistic Society: A Critical Study of Naheed's A Bad Woman's Story." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. III (2020): 365-373. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).39