Abstract
The study deals with the traditional feminine stereotypes in Mohsin Hamid’s fourth famous book titled as Exit West that was published in 2017. Pakistani writers have always highlighted the struggle and oppression of women in patriarchal community but now their perspective has changed. Now, they portray women as an independent and confident being. Generally, this book is known for the immigration and refugee issues but the current study examines it the light of subversion of traditional feminine stereotypes in Exit West. In this research, the researcher has tried to trace out the incompatibility causes of feminist liberal ideologies with a nonwestern society and how feminism subverts the traditional feminine stereotypes. In addition, Betty Friedan’s theory of Feminine Mystique has applied to analyze the selected text. A detailed study of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit west has been done in order to explore the effects of Liberal ideology on individuals especially women.

Dr. TaimurKayani, Mariam Mubarik, Mohsin Hamid Butt. (2020) Subversion of Traditional Feminine Stereotypes in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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