Transcending Patriarchal and Cultural Construct in Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1308.23Keywords:
patriarchal, cultural, oppression, marginalized, libertyAbstract
This study aims to show how patriarchal civilizations physically, emotionally, and socially oppress and enslave women. Sidhwa has shown Pakistani gender-based class system quite effectively in her work. She discusses marginalized and double-colonized Pakistani women as victims of patriarchal culture who confront a variety of national and household challenges, and overcomes patriarchal and cultural constructs in order to be in peace with society and culture. This paper ‘Transcending Patriarchal and Cultural Construct in Bapsi Sidhwa’s The Pakistani Bride’, attempts to show how women in patriarchal cultures and societies suffer many issues in their lives and how they repress their needs, longings, and emotions in order to find a comfortable position in their households as well as in society at large.
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