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dc.contributor.authorZafar, Morwaride
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-23T14:53:01Z
dc.date.available2025-09-23T14:53:01Z
dc.date.issued2025de
dc.identifier.issn2566-6878de
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/105026
dc.description.abstractFor more than two decades, literature on Afghanistan has evolved around a similar axis of the literary imagination. Works of fiction, in particular, consistently convey an Afghan female archetype whose significance is defined by her struggle against the oppressive patriarchal values of Afghan culture and society. From Khaled Hosseini's storied A Thousand Splendid Suns to Deborah Ellis's The Breadwinner, Afghan women and girls are closely associated with narratives of war, violence and an equally unforgiving socio-cultural landscape. This article examines the representation of Afghan women in two successful novels of contemporary English-language fiction by Afghan-American authors: Khalid Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns and Nadia Hashimi's The Pearl that Broke Her Shell. The analysis intends to unpack the tropes and narratives that have come to embody Afghan femininity in the American imagination. Grounded in literary criticism, the article will discuss a selection of prominent works to analyse the effects of textual nuances, narrative structures and character development in producing a characteristic image of "the Afghan woman". By identifying recurring tropes, stereotypes and other literary devices, the research aims to contribute to ongoing conversations about the limitations of knowledge production on Afghanistan and its people, particularly as such narratives are drawn into the world of politics and policymaking.de
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcSozialwissenschaften, Soziologiede
dc.subject.ddcSocial sciences, sociology, anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcLiteratur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaftde
dc.subject.ddcLiterature, rhetoric and criticismen
dc.subject.otherAfghan women; literary fiction; narratives; U.S. perception; Khaled Hosseini; Nadia Hashimide
dc.titleFiction and Fracture: Literary Tropes and the Representation of Afghan Womende
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttps://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqas/article/view/27412de
dc.source.journalInternational Quarterly for Asian Studies (IQAS)
dc.source.volume56de
dc.publisher.countryDEUde
dc.source.issue1de
dc.subject.classozFrauen- und Geschlechterforschungde
dc.subject.classozWomen's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studiesen
dc.subject.classozLiteraturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistikde
dc.subject.classozScience of Literature, Linguisticsen
dc.subject.thesozWissensproduktionde
dc.subject.thesozknowledge productionen
dc.subject.thesozFraude
dc.subject.thesozwomanen
dc.subject.thesozAfghanistande
dc.subject.thesozAfghanistanen
dc.subject.thesozBelletristikde
dc.subject.thesozfiction (literary genre)en
dc.subject.thesozLiteraturkritikde
dc.subject.thesozliterary criticismen
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0de
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0en
internal.statusformal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossende
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dc.type.documentZeitschriftenartikelde
dc.type.documentjournal articleen
dc.source.pageinfo43-63de
internal.identifier.classoz20200
internal.identifier.classoz30200
internal.identifier.journal2245
internal.identifier.document32
internal.identifier.ddc300
internal.identifier.ddc800
dc.source.issuetopicReclaiming Voice - Afghan Women and the Politics of Knowledge Productionde
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2025.1.27412de
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dc.description.pubstatusPublished Versionen
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internal.dda.referencehttps://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqas/oai@@oai:jounals.hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de:article/27412
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