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Title Negotiating Environmental Criminology and Maintaining Ecojustice: An Ecocritical Study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin and Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke

Author(s) Sania Kanwal

Abstract This thesis examines River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh and Thinner Than Skin by Uzma Aslam Khan in relation to the fundamental ecocritical tenet that there is a connection between the mistreatment of indigenous peoples, their local wildlife, and the representation of nature. The goal of this study is to examine the texts for reflections on influential and individual behaviors that uphold and defend the persecution and marginalization of deprived human and animal communities. It also aims to discuss the liberation tactics/strategies that the chosen books offer for indigenous groups, nonhuman animals, and nature. This study was conducted from the premise that repressive conceptual frameworks and potential remedies are the fundamental ideas that privileged individuals, particularly governmental authorities, use to oppress and persecute other native humans, nonhumans, and nature. As a result, the application of these anthropocentric ideas and actions turns native people, nonhuman animals, and nature into simple tools and commodities for obtaining material rewards. The study demonstrates that, in addition to the oppression of local inhabitants, wildlife, and the environment that reflected in the chosen works, oppressive ideologies nurtured and sustained in two different cultures by influential and individual practices against the framework of anthropocentric ideology. Moreover, this study also explores the possible solutions to deal with oppressive anthropocentric mindset.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2024-05-13

Subject English Literature

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