Faiqa Mansab`s This House of Clay and Water
The Representations of Transgenders in Heteronormative Pakistani Society
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https://doi.org/10.35994/rhr.v6i1.148Keywords:
Heteronormativity, Transgender, Victimization, Stigmatization, Queer Theory, Pakistani society.Abstract
The aim of this study is to focus on victimization, discrimination, stigmatization and marginalization of transgenders in heteronormative Pakistani society. Transgenders are socially ostracized individuals in Pakistan. This paper is an effort to examine the representation of a transgender protagonist Bhanggi in Faiqa Mansab’s novel This House of Clay and Water (2017). The paper uses the conceptual framework of Judith Butler`s queer theory and argues that Bhanggi is victimatized and stigmatized throughout his life due to his gender. The paper further reflects on real life stories of transgenders and demonstrates how they face different kinds of victimizations in Pakistani society.
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