The representation of gender subalterns in selected Khalid Hosseini’s Novels
List of Authors
  • Belinda Marie Balraj , Masdini Harina Abd Manan

Keyword
  • Subaltern, Gender Equality, Gender Education, Women, Subjugation

Abstract
  • The rights of women in Afghanistan have evolved throughout the years. Currently, the Taliban rule has taken the centre stage and once again women are the most affected gender. But this subjugation was not solely the doing of the Taliban’s rather it was how men treated women and men in Afghanistan. The staunch patriarchal society teaches Afghanistan women from young to live up to men’s expectations of a perfect women and in doing so women accept the myth that men are superior and become submissive to violence thereby causing their own downfall. Hosseini’s novel ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, highlights the plight and violence towards women ranging from the mother to daughter to granddaughter. The research aims to explore the depiction of the loss of voice of Afghan women and men and how they have fought back their suppressors during the Taliban regime using Gayathri Spivak’s “The Subaltern Theory”. The research will be conducted thematic analysis to explore Gender Subalternity among Afghanistan women and men. The research is hoped to significantly reveal the state and plight of women and men in Afghanistan from a man’s perspective.

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