The racial violence and gender oppression: Palestinian womens struggle based on selected novels by Sahar Khalifah
<p>The main objective of this research was to study racial violence and gender</p><p>oppression in Sahar Khalifehs selected novels of Of Noble Origins (2012), The End</p><p>of Spring (2007), The Inheritance (2005), The Image, and...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=9314 |
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| Summary: | <p>The main objective of this research was to study racial violence and gender</p><p>oppression in Sahar Khalifehs selected novels of Of Noble Origins (2012), The End</p><p>of Spring (2007), The Inheritance (2005), The Image, and The Icon and the Covenant</p><p>(2007). The research also followed a qualitative textual analysis to interpret the</p><p>colonial confrontation between the Jewish persecutory occupation that represents the</p><p>colonizers who oppress the Palestinian people, especially the women. Furthermore,</p><p>gender oppression was interpreted to scrutinize the masculine ideology that</p><p>marginalizes women in the Palestinian traditional society. Accordingly, three</p><p>inextricable objectives were formulated in the course of the analysis. The first</p><p>objective was to ascertain the extent of how the encounter with the Israeli racial</p><p>violence affects the Palestinian women based on the novels by Sahar Khalifeh. The</p><p>second objective was to examine how the Palestinian women resist the Jewish</p><p>occupation in the selected novels. And the third objective was to investigate how the</p><p>Palestinian women challenge and resist the patriarchal ideology of her society. As</p><p>such, the research conducted a qualitative methodology that followed a close reading</p><p>of female characters that suffer from colonial and patriarchal oppression.</p><p>Additionally, postcolonial feminism was used as critical theory for the analysis. The</p><p>research findings showed the exploration of Israeli racial violence and its resistance</p><p>by Palestinian women. Another major finding demonstrated the Palestinian women as</p><p>victims of the ideology of patriarchy and, as such, they attempt to challenge it in</p><p>direct and indirect ways. In conclusion, the research implies that Israeli racial violence</p><p>and gender oppression are major factors that have affected the Palestinian women.</p><p>This led to the implications of the research which identified the Palestinian womens</p><p>reaction to colonialism and patriarchy as a rejection determined resistance in order to</p><p>guarantee their liberty and independence.</p> |
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