REPRESSION AND VIOLENCE: A STUDY OF SHEHNAZ BASHIR’S THE HALF MOTHER (2014) UNDER REPRESSIVE STATE APPARATUS THEORY

Authors

  • Arifa Abid The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Mujahid Shah Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Pakistan
  • Muhammad Faisal Rehman The Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Abbottabad Campus Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i04.880

Abstract

This research explores repressive state apparatuses with reference to Shehnaz Bashir’s debut novel The Half Mother (2014). The research throws light on the handling of executive institutions like the police, army and judiciary by the state against the group of people who go against the ideologies of the state.  In doing so, the reaction of various characters to the state sponsored terrorism and extremism, as depicted in the novel The Half Mother (2014), are examined and evaluated. Moreover, this study explains how the state uses violence after not getting the desired result by applying repressive state apparatuses (1971). Furthermore, this research extends the domain of the study of state sponsored terrorism through executive institutions and the role of media in the shaping of public opinion. Thus, the study is beneficial for future studies in the field of state apparatuses and paves the way for further research into the events or elements which lead to crimes perpetrated by the state.

Keywords: State, State Apparatuses, Violence, Repression

Author Biographies

  • Arifa Abid, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    M Phil English Literature

  • Mujahid Shah, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Pakistan

    Associate Professor

  • Muhammad Faisal Rehman, The Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Abbottabad Campus Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

Additional Files

Published

2022-12-31

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 04 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research PJSR

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

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“REPRESSION AND VIOLENCE: A STUDY OF SHEHNAZ BASHIR’S THE HALF MOTHER (2014) UNDER REPRESSIVE STATE APPARATUS THEORY”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 04, pp. 658–663, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i04.880.