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SUBJECTIVITY POWER AFFAIRS AND MIGRATION A FOUCAULDIAN ANALYSIS OF HAMIDS EXIT WEST

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).61      10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).61      Published : Mar 2020

Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West

Abstract

    This article explores the issue of subjectivity under migration in Mohsin Hamid's Exit West through the application of Foucauldian theorization of the construction of subject through genealogy. For Foucault, it is the insurrection of subjugated knowledge. It deals with the manifestations of power in the society through 'strategies of domination'. Foucault Emphasizes the controlling of the private lives of the laymen. This subjectified community is "carceral culture" where social subjects face diffused punishments and discipline restricting their personal emancipation. The study finds that migrants experience the issue of subjectivity because of political reasons and the dominance of discourse-media functions as a tool of surveillance of the subjects. Exit West explores the issues of migrants' subjectivity in the context of 9/11 and the western discursive construction of the (Muslim) subjects.

    Subjectivity, Migration, Pakistani Literature in English, Foucauldian Studies, Genealogy

    (1) Nayab Sadiq
    M. Phil, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ali Usman Saleem
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sahar Javaid
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Sadiq, N., Saleem, A. U., & Javaid, S. (2020). Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West. Global Regional Review, V(I), 584-593. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).61

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    CHICAGO : Sadiq, Nayab, Ali Usman Saleem, and Sahar Javaid. 2020. "Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West." Global Regional Review, V (I): 584-593 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).61

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    HARVARD : SADIQ, N., SALEEM, A. U. & JAVAID, S. 2020. Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West. Global Regional Review, V, 584-593.

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    MHRA : Sadiq, Nayab, Ali Usman Saleem, and Sahar Javaid. 2020. "Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West." Global Regional Review, V: 584-593

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    MLA : Sadiq, Nayab, Ali Usman Saleem, and Sahar Javaid. "Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West." Global Regional Review, V.I (2020): 584-593 Print.

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    OXFORD : Sadiq, Nayab, Saleem, Ali Usman, and Javaid, Sahar (2020), "Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West", Global Regional Review, V (I), 584-593

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Sadiq, Nayab, Ali Usman Saleem, and Sahar Javaid. "Subjectivity, Power Affairs and Migration: A Foucauldian Analysis of Hamid's Exit West." Global Regional Review V, no. I (2020): 584-593. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).61