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Title TOWARD THE INCLUSIVE AND INTERSECTIONAL: A STUDY OF THE FOURTH WAVE OF FEMINISM IN NADIA HASHIMI’S A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS AND UZMA ASLAM KHAN’S TRESPASSING

Author(s) Humaira Karim NATIONAL

Abstract This research engages with the concepts of Inclusivity and Intersectionality of the Fourth of Feminism through critical reading of Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows and Uzma Aslam Khan’s Trespassing. Being a part of the South Asian fiction, both these texts subscribe to the Fourth Wave of Feminism, especially its features like ‘inclusivism’ and ‘intersectionality’. When we analyze different issues faced by the South Asian women, we cannot simply decode them on one level. South Asian women are socially and culturally marginalized and South Asian texts, because of their erstwhile marginal positioning, ask for critical attention. I have invoked Nicola Rivers’ theorizing on the Fourth Wave of Feminism. She argues that this wave deals with the concepts of inclusivity, intersectionality and difference(s). This new wave throws light on the ideas of diversity and multiplicity. To support Rivers’ concept of Feminism in the South Asian context, this research invokes Chandra Talpade Mohanty’s notion of the third world women. Since this investigation is qualitative in nature, I have used textual analysis as my research method in order to analyze my primary texts. This research investigation reveals that the Fourth Wave of Feminism is not entirely different from the previous three waves. It is ‘inclusive’ of the third world women and men. The concept of ‘intersectionality’ unveils the complex nature of women’s experiences of oppression and marginalization. This study is likely to contribute to the production of knowledge in the feminist studies in terms of its focus on Inclusivism and Intersectionality.

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Publication Date 2021-07-02

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