Voicelessness of Pakistani Women: A Postcolonial Analysis of Bina Shah’s The Wedding of Sundri

Authors

  • Mahwish Mushtaq MPhil Scholar, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad

Keywords:

Pakistani Women, Suppression, Subaltern, Victim, Voicelessness

Abstract

Women are frequently portrayed as victims of religious, cultural, and institutional violence in Pakistani literature in English. Women are marginalized and most find themselves silenced and deprived of the ability to protest against their suppression. There are countless cases of women being victimized within the sanctity of their homes and ravished by their male relatives. This study focuses on the issues of women in the context of “The Wedding of Sundri” by Bina Shah taken from the book Neither Night nor Day, edited by Rakshinda Jalil. The protagonist in this story is a helpless, meek, individuated, voiceless minor girl. This study charts the course of voicelessness, suppression, and subalternity through a plethora of social and cultural norms and male chauvinism. The theoretical framework integrates the theory of subalternity by Gramsci and Spivak to show the women as silenced and voiceless figures.

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Published

2022-06-30

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