Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
The Pashtuns and their identity have been misrepresentedover the past decades. These people are represented as ferocious, uncivilized, and anarchistic. Such falsification ruined the otherwise old set of principles of Pashtun people known as Pashtunwali. This study aims to discuss the ideas of Pashtunwali in Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor through the theory of cultural studies by Stuart Hall. Pashtunwali, otherwise called Pakhtunwali or the Pashtun code of conduct, is a conventional moral code and lifestyle followed by the Pashtun people for centuries. Marcus Luttrell experiences the working of Pashtunwali in his stay at an Afghan village Sabray, while hiding from the Taliban. Through this autobiographical narrative, the researcher will analyze how the concept of Pashtunwali governs the lives of Pashtun people. It will give a counterargument to the otherwise popular argument of the misrepresentations of Pashtun culture.
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Lone Survivor, Pashtunwali, Cultural Studies, Pashtuns, Afghanistan
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(1) Salman Ali
MPhil Scholar, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Atiqa Khalil
MPhil Scholar, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ummer Awais
MPhil Scholar, Department of Education, Griffith University, Australia.
Cite this article
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APA : Ali, S., Khalil, A., & Awais, U. (2024). Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Global Regional Review, IX(I), 142-153. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).12
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CHICAGO : Ali, Salman, Atiqa Khalil, and Ummer Awais. 2024. "Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell." Global Regional Review, IX (I): 142-153 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).12
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HARVARD : ALI, S., KHALIL, A. & AWAIS, U. 2024. Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Global Regional Review, IX, 142-153.
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MHRA : Ali, Salman, Atiqa Khalil, and Ummer Awais. 2024. "Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell." Global Regional Review, IX: 142-153
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MLA : Ali, Salman, Atiqa Khalil, and Ummer Awais. "Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell." Global Regional Review, IX.I (2024): 142-153 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Salman, Khalil, Atiqa, and Awais, Ummer (2024), "Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell", Global Regional Review, IX (I), 142-153
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TURABIAN : Ali, Salman, Atiqa Khalil, and Ummer Awais. "Pashtunwali: An Afghan Ethical Code and Cultural Identity in Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell." Global Regional Review IX, no. I (2024): 142-153. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).12