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Title FROM PARIAHZATION TO REHUMANIZATION: A STUDY OF I.W GREGORIO’S NONE OF THE ABOVE AND LAXMI TRIPATHI’S ME HIJRA ME LAXMI

Author(s) AMIINAH SHAH

Abstract The present study is qualitative in nature and aims to investigate the perspectives of pariahzation and rehumanization of transgender individuals. For the critical analysis of these two variables, the research is delimited to two literary texts which are Me Hijra Me Laxmi (2015) by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and None of the Above (2015) by I.W Gregorio. The selected literary texts have been approached from two angles. First, the texts have been studied using Daryl. B Hill’s theory of Genderism, Transphobia, and Gender Bashing and then the texts have been analyzed using Rianna Oelofsen’s stance on Rehumanization. The textual analysis of the texts in the light of Daryl’s perspective underlines the marginalization and gender bashing faced by the protagonists, Laxmi and Krissy, in the respective texts while accentuating the ways in which these characters are subjected to pariahzation for not conforming to the normative gender binary. These characters are treated as pariahs of society because of transphobia. Furthermore, as the selected texts also show traces of rehumanization, so by using Oelofsen’s stance, the discussion is expanded beyond the domain of pariahzation, and it is concluded that despite being subjected to pariahzation, the two characters Laxmi and Krissy are able to accept their identities other than the gender binary and live their lives as free individuals, thus, challenging the traditional ideas of the gender binary and paving way for a gender diverse society.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Language English

Publication Date 2022-07-19

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