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- Title
GENDER CONSTRUCTION IN OBITUARIES: AN ANALYSIS OF PAKISTANI NEWSPAPERS.
- Authors
Rasul, Sarwet; Tabassum, Samina
- Abstract
Gender as a construct not only plays an important role in our lives, but also in (reporting of) our deaths. Thus, the presentation of male and female deaths in obituaries also exhibits gender stereo-typicality. In the traditional patriarchal context of Pakistan obituaries that are published in newspapers present men and women differently. The current research aims at exploring how gender is presented in family written obituaries that are published in Pakistani newspapers. For the current study the data is collected from four Pakistani newspapers which include two Pakistani 'English newspapers namely 'The Dawn' and 'The News' and two Pakistani Urdu newspapers namely 'The Nawa-e-Waqat' and 'The Jang'. The data is taken from the newspapers for a duration of four months that is February to May 2009; and the collected data is analysed to examine how gender identities are constructed. In order to facilitate the process of data analysis, data is categorized under various sections: i) Genderedness of the deceased; ii) Personal and Professional identity of the deceased; Hi) Identity of relatives and/ or survivors. It is expected that the study will provide insights into how gender identities are constructed and projected in obituaries, and how these obituaries reflect certain socio-culturalperspectives on gender.
- Subjects
GENDER; PROFESSIONAL identity; GENDER identity; OCCUPATIONAL roles; DATA analysis
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 2, p45
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article