“Yes, I am Joseph Bhatti Choohra:” Reading Joseph Bhatti as a Palimpsest
This paper explores how Mohammed Hanif’s 2011 novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti challenges the construct of “Pak-ness” (purity), which is at the heart of the idea of Pakistan and Pakistani national identity. I argue that Joseph Bhatti, the father of the eponymous protagonist Alice Bhatti, is an intrica...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/angles, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Angles
2022
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |