Malay Women's Roles In The Family And Their Responses To a Changing World-A Feminist Postcolonial Reading Of Ellina Binti Abdul Majid's Perhaps In Paradise

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dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, Syazliyati
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T03:38:04Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T03:38:04Z
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.description.abstractWomen in the family play multiple roles in order to ensure that the family lives a peaceful and harmonious life. Inhabiting the family setting does not mean that women are not affected by the changes that take place in their surroundings. More often than not, the political decisions made affect the socialisation of the people and as a result, women are also inevitably influenced. Based on such a premise, it is the focus of this research to investigate how the female characters in the novel Perhaps In Paradise manage their roles in the middle class family and how they respond to the socio-political changes occurring in their milieu. This novel which is penned by Ellina binti Abdul Majid is studied by engaging the feminist postcolonial theory. '- The analysis uncovers that the roles played by the female characters in the middle-class family are negotiated through the hegemonic practices of tradition and religion. At times the characters are subordinated when they succumb to such practices. Nevertheless, whenrthey do submit, they manage to preserve the family's sanctity. On the other hand, in certain cases when they retaliate and choose to look to the west for liberation, they could be marginalised in their own society. At other times, the cultures of east and west can be negotiated to provide meaningful lives to the characters.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2156
dc.subjectSocial sciencesen_US
dc.subjectThe family, Marriage, Womanen_US
dc.titleMalay Women's Roles In The Family And Their Responses To a Changing World-A Feminist Postcolonial Reading Of Ellina Binti Abdul Majid's Perhaps In Paradiseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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