Loss of Self- Identity of Afghan Women: A Third Wave Feminist Study of Khalid Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns

Authors

  • Mushtaq Ahmad University of Sahiwal
  • Shafaq Mehmood Riphah International University
  • Shazia Riaz Dar Lahore Leads University

Keywords:

Feminism, The third-wave of Feminism, Identity crisis, Gender violence, Sexual harassment, Self- identity., Afghan women

Abstract

The Present investigation endeavors to study the problems of non-western females from Hosseini's novel (2000) A Thousand Splendid Suns with the critical lens of Walker (1995) to be Real: Telling the truth and changing the face of Feminism. The objective of this research is to show the role of third-wave feminism by highlighting the problems of non-Western women in novels written in English. The study focuses mainly on Afghan women under the Taliban rule. The research highlights the dilemma of Afghan women based on the experience of a female character, Mariyam. The aim of this research is to identify the reasons for women's domestic violence, loss of their own identity, and sexual harassment in a society dominated by men. The research attempted to raise the awareness that women are of many colors, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and cultural backgrounds. It gives people a sense of equity across males and females. It fashions the mentality of men not to victimize women and influences the attitudes of women to fight against discrimination through the study of A Thousand Splendid Suns. A female figure, Mariyam, is forced to follow the severe restrictions imposed by the patriarchal society under Taliban rule. The study also examines how the identity of women is assembled and, therefore, what is the assimilation of their identity in macho societies. The objective of this work is to know if Mariyam's journey leads to the most particular crisis or if it finds hope for the achievement of individuality.

 

 

Author Biographies

Mushtaq Ahmad, University of Sahiwal

 

 

 

Shafaq Mehmood , Riphah International University

 

 

Shazia Riaz Dar , Lahore Leads University

 

 

 

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Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

Mushtaq Ahmad, Shafaq Mehmood, & Shazia Riaz Dar. (2019). Loss of Self- Identity of Afghan Women: A Third Wave Feminist Study of Khalid Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns . Erevna: Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 3(1). Retrieved from https://journals.au.edu.pk/ojserevna/index.php/erevna/article/view/76