The burden of the female body: an Islamic feminist reading of Qaisra Shahraz’s Typhoon
A sequel to The Holy Woman(2001), Typhoon(2003) is Qaisra Shahraz’s second novel. This paper analyses how Shahraz continues problematizing female sexuality and the politics attached to it, especially in rural Pakistan. It dilates upon the discourse that surrounds the female body and sexuality...
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Main Author: | Ishaque, Nausheen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16935/1/IJIT-Vol-19-June-2021_9_79-88.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16935/ http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-19-june-2021/ |
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