LOSS OF SELF-IDENTITY: A FEMINIST STUDY OF SARWAT NAZIR’S NOVEL UMM-E-KALSOOM
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The research study attempts to investigate the aspect of loss of women’s self-identity through the feminist study of Sarwat Nazir’s novel Umm-e-Kalsoom under the Simon de Beauvoir’s theoretical framework of Second Sex. The purpose of this research study is to identify the elements of loss of women’s self-identity in patriarchal society. The researchers attempted to find out the nature of representation of women and their struggle for identity through the feminist study of Umm-e-Kalsoom. A female character Umm-e-Kalsoom is forced to play gender roles and suffers identity crisis. This research also analyzes how women’s self is constructed and resultantly what is the construction of identities in the male chauvinist society. The objective of this paper was to find out as to whether transformation of Umm-e-Kalsoom leads towards identity crisis or it leads towards the achievement of individuality.
Authors and Affiliations
Mushtaq Ahmad, Hafsa Akbar, Komal Khan
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