The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study
Othering is the issue that refers to prevent women from their basic rights. They face discrimination in homes and on work places as compared to men. The study highlights the concept of marginalization in A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) and The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Husseini. The study of the texts shows the courage of women for empowerment who faced domestic and social fierceness through triple layers of colonization. A qualitative research design was adopted in the current research through the process of Eclectic Approach by applying Edward Said (1995) and Spivak (1999). This research study examines hegemony, militarization, colonization, nationalism, patriarchy and male-dominated culture,women identification, ambivalent stance, Afghani immigrants, subaltern representation of women,basic rights in society and magical realism. The findings showed that women were discriminated in their household and social activities. So the identity of Afghan women is the most significant achievement to defeat othering at all levels.
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Othering, Subalterns, Basic Rights, Eclectic Approach
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(1) Samina Yasmin
Lecturer in English, University of Education Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Nusrat Sultana
Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
(3) Sanniya Sara Batool
Lecturer, RIUF
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APA : Yasmin, S., Sultana, N., & Batool, S. S. (2021). The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study. Global Language Review, VI(II), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19
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CHICAGO : Yasmin, Samina, Nusrat Sultana, and Sanniya Sara Batool. 2021. "The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study." Global Language Review, VI (II): 172-180 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19
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HARVARD : YASMIN, S., SULTANA, N. & BATOOL, S. S. 2021. The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study. Global Language Review, VI, 172-180.
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MHRA : Yasmin, Samina, Nusrat Sultana, and Sanniya Sara Batool. 2021. "The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study." Global Language Review, VI: 172-180
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MLA : Yasmin, Samina, Nusrat Sultana, and Sanniya Sara Batool. "The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study." Global Language Review, VI.II (2021): 172-180 Print.
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OXFORD : Yasmin, Samina, Sultana, Nusrat, and Batool, Sanniya Sara (2021), "The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study", Global Language Review, VI (II), 172-180
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TURABIAN : Yasmin, Samina, Nusrat Sultana, and Sanniya Sara Batool. "The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study." Global Language Review VI, no. II (2021): 172-180. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19