Abstract
The Pakistani writers have been projecting women characters in their fiction in a
traditional Pakistani social set up which supported a dominating position of the male
figure. The oppressed portrayal of women underwent an upward mobility in the
terminating quarter of 20th century only because of the intervention stimulated by the
Pakistani writer’s interaction with the Diaspora. Postmodernism further helped pull
the Pakistani writers away from the traditional set up, especially regarding the new
feministic trends of the late 20th century. The neocolonial and neoliberal philosophies
shattered the traditional feminist trends because the portrayals of women became
more a success story rather than the story of an oppressed subject. This study
delimits itself to the investigation of portrayals of women in How to Get Filthy Rich
in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid under the lens of the neoliberalism. Hamid portrays
the success story of “Pretty girl” who is ready to put aside the moral binding of the
society to achieve her targets of success. The research further aims to determine the
extent of deviation of such portrayal from the traditional feministic trends. The study
employs the debate by Chnadra Mohanty regarding the impact of neoliberal
philosophy on fictional characters and reaches probable conclusion that the female
portrayals are posing new challenges to the feminist scholarship of 21st century,
especially in the postcolonial states like Pakistan.
Dr. Adnan Tahir, Dr. Zia Ahmed, Dr. Ayyaz Qadeer. (2019) Neo-Liberalism and Post-Feminist Fiction in Pakistan: A Globalized Critique, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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