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PAKISTANI DIASPORA CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION UNDER GLOBALIZATION IN SHAMSIES HOME FIRE

14 Pages : 128-135

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).14      10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).14      Published : Sep 2020

Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire

    This research explores the cultural dimension of globalization that has transformed the lives of masses experiencing Pakistani diaspora in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire that reflects the life and sensibilities of the diaspora community, especially after 9/11. Shamsie takes into account how the lives of the Pakistani diaspora Muslim community got into difficulties, especially after 9/11. Manfred B. Steger's theorization serves as a framework to evaluate cultural transformation under the ever increasing influence of globalization through media. This article examines the transformation in the life and identity of the Pakistanis residing in the West because of media and language. This study also reveals that Pakistani Anglophone fiction has a well-established place in the literary world and highlights the issues and challenges faced by the third world in the contemporary globalized world.

    Culture, Globalization, Media, Pakistani Anglophone Fiction, Transformation.
    (1) Asma Zafar
    Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ali Usman Saleem
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Asma Haseeb Qazi
    Assistant Professor, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    APA : Zafar, A., Saleem, A. U., & Qazi, A. H. (2020). Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Regional Review, V(III), 128-135. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).14
    CHICAGO : Zafar, Asma, Ali Usman Saleem, and Asma Haseeb Qazi. 2020. "Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Regional Review, V (III): 128-135 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).14
    HARVARD : ZAFAR, A., SALEEM, A. U. & QAZI, A. H. 2020. Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Regional Review, V, 128-135.
    MHRA : Zafar, Asma, Ali Usman Saleem, and Asma Haseeb Qazi. 2020. "Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Regional Review, V: 128-135
    MLA : Zafar, Asma, Ali Usman Saleem, and Asma Haseeb Qazi. "Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 128-135 Print.
    OXFORD : Zafar, Asma, Saleem, Ali Usman, and Qazi, Asma Haseeb (2020), "Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire", Global Regional Review, V (III), 128-135
    TURABIAN : Zafar, Asma, Ali Usman Saleem, and Asma Haseeb Qazi. "Pakistani Diaspora Cultural Transformation Under Globalization in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 128-135. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).14