MOTHER DEAR AS A POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST SUBJECT IN MUHAMMAD HANIF’S RED BIRDS

Abstract

After the incident of 9/11, there was an emergence of identity crisis, anxiety and fear and the result was oppression, suppression and marginalization; the gender which faced the most was feminine. This article focuses on the prospects of treatment of women especially in comparison of Third World and First World women with respect to their social class structures. In post-post-colonial era the basic outcome we witness is oppression and identity crisis of women. This article focuses on the character of “Mother Dear as Post-colonial feminist subject” with reference to Mohammad Hanif’s Red Birds. This research is qualitative in nature and data has been collected through close textual reading. Theoretical insights of this article have been taken from Edward Said (1978) postcolonial model and also encompass the concept of feminism and subaltern of Gaytri Spivak, Annie Loomba and Trinh. T. Minha. Mother Dear is the main character of Hanif’s Red Birds. She faces oppression throughout her life as a daughter, as a mother, and as a wife. As far as her description and oppression is concerned, one of her sons was sold by her husband; she was confined to follow socio-religious conventions. There is a comparison of Third World Women and First World Women. How women are treating differently in different parts of the world on the basis of socio-economic status and social class structures. The concept of White Women and Colored women is deeply depicted in the form of socio-economic status, independence, liberty, and identity. Mother Dear faces suppression, oppression and identity crisis throughout her life as compared to Lady Flowerbody. And where there is oppression, the concept of post colonialism and feminism intervenes.