LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 11 November 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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She Does Exist

Dr. Naseem Achakzai, Ph.D.

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It was one of the most repeatedly asked questions from students and from a majority of the young teaching staff at University level - ‘what is feminism?’ T his is still a growing part of literary and social criticism that needs to be explored, more seriously and authentically on an empirical ground. One of my teaching colleagues from Gender Studies Department regularly inquired about Feminism, and after studying and teaching in Gender Studies, he felt confused and it complicated his entire stream of studies and knowledge with which he had to perform as a well equipped University teacher, as demanded by university standards.

Actually, Feminism as a technical tool does not exist in several main technical concerns, but is being patched up, linked, embedded, and is wedded to a scientific theoretical science and poetics that requires the polishing-and-finishing touch of Linguistics. It was a matter of great surprise to go through different books of scientific theories used in Gender Studies Course, to find out that the entire portion of theoretical essays or quotations were totally borrowed, either from Linguistics or Modern Criticism, which neither the teaching staff, nor the students could absorb without its Linguistics and Literary explanations that is one of the biggest as well as dangerous gaps in Asian Educational system. Speaking particularly of the situation in Pakistan, this gap must be filled to wed Arts or Humanities with Science Faculties, particularly with Linguistics. The theoretical book, used in Gender Studies, cannot ever be understood or taught without a Linguistic approach. Despite my being extremely busy, I felt responsible for sharing my piece of comprehension as a patching-device to promote a sort of understanding that could fill the above mentioned gap that must be acted upon as an activity of academic level in Asia.

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Dr. Naseem Achakzai, Ph.D.
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Department of English Literature
University of Balochistan
Quetta
Pakistan
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