Gender Construction, Discrimination, and Identity in One Half From the East: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Abstract
This study aims to investigate gender construction, discrimination and identity issues in Nadia Hashmi’s novel One Half from the East. The study attempts to explore and unpack the discourse structures in the novel that build gender discrimination, gender construction and identity in the Afghan social and cultural context. The current study follows Critical discourse analysis as a research tool to examine the social injustices and inequalities that have been practised in Afghanistan for centuries. Norman Fairclough's tri-dimensional approach (Dialectical Relational) to CDA was used to unveil the social and cultural practices that constrain equal social rights for both genders. Hashmi beautifully depicted and portrayed gender-related issues and highlighted the social wrongs which have been practised and are taken for granted. The study revealed that social injustices existed in the social structures of Afghan society due to the prevailing social and cultural norms which are rooted in the traditions and conventions of Afghan people.
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