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Faiqa Mansab`s This House of Clay and Water: The Representations of Transgenders in Heteronormative Pakistani Society

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Title: Faiqa Mansab`s This House of Clay and Water: The Representations of Transgenders in Heteronormative Pakistani Society

Authors: Sundus Nadeem, Maryam Javed

Journal: Review of Human Rights

HEC Recognition History
Category From To
Y 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
Y 2022-07-01 2023-06-30
Y 2021-07-01 2022-06-30
Y 2020-07-01 2021-06-30

Publisher: Society of Social Science Academics Pakistan

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2020

Volume: 6

Issue: 1

Language: English

Keywords: HeteronormativityTransgenderVictimizationStigmatizationQueer TheoryPakistani society.

Categories
Sociology (44910) Gender Studies (8916) Literary Theory (917) Cultural Studies (12980) Queer Studies (23)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to focus on victimization, discrimination, stigmatization and marginalization of transgenders in heteronormative Pakistani society. Transgenders are socially ostracized individuals in Pakistan. This paper is an effort to examine the representation of a transgender protagonist Bhanggi in Faiqa Mansab’s novel This House of Clay and Water (2017). The paper uses the conceptual framework of Judith Butler`s queer theory and argues that Bhanggi is victimatized and stigmatized throughout his life due to his gender. The paper further reflects on real life stories of transgenders and demonstrates how they face different kinds of victimizations in Pakistani society.

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