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Abstract: Kishwar Naheed's Urdu poetry addresses a number of distinctly feminist themes, yet Naheed resists her public image as a feminist. By examining main themes in Naheed's autobiography, such as generational violence and chauvinistic nationalism, this thesis argues that Naheed must fictionalize a feminist self in her texts, specifically her autobiography Buri Aurat ki Katha(A Bad Woman's Stor... read morey), to make up for her temporal shortcomings. Her rejection of the feminist label is also a politicized decision as Naheed positions herself outside of the feminist debate in Pakistan in order to make her ideas relevant to many classes of women.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2012.
Submitted to the Dept. of History.
Advisor: Ayesha Jalal.
Committee: Kris Manjapra.
Keywords: History, Women's studies, and Asian literature.read less
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