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Title GENDER POSITIONING IN ACADEMIC SETTING IN PASHTUN SOCIETY: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE PERSPECTIVE

Author(s) SANIA ATHAR

Abstract In this research study, it has been examined that gender discourses highlight gender positioning in the social settings. This study attempted to utilize the concept of Muted Group Theory, and Van Dijk’s Model (2007) was used as a framework of Critical Discourse Analysis in order to examine the gender positioning especially in the academic setting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This theory helps in unfolding interactions between different people and person to person interactions. Gender critical discourse analysis assists us in analyzing the gender inconsistencies and inequalities found between the males and females particularly through the use of language and the power relations which are constructed through the use of language. The discourses collected through the interviews and observations are qualitatively analyzed. It was observed that culture and religious beliefs have a very serious effect on the gender positioning, and in many of the circumstances it promotes the stereotypical ideas regarding women which leads to gender discrimination. In addition, it is expected that academic workplace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gives a lot of respect to their females, but on the other hand, females are sometimes marginalized or silenced. The results of this study revealed that different discursive strategies used by male and female genders are described negatively and as well as positively by each other in order to support their own point of view about each other. Keywords: Gender positioning, Van Dijk’s Model of Self and Others, Critical Discourse Analysis, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Academic Setting, Discursive practices, and discourses.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Publication Date 2018-11-23

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