Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Identifying Faces Of Oppression In Transgenders’ Autobiographies
Dr. Mamona Yasmin Khan , Mubashira Aziz , Farhana Yasmin
Abstract
Transgender literature in English is growing and gaining space slowly. They, as explained by Stryker (1999), are the persons who do not identify with the gender given to them at birth. The study aims to identify the different forms of tyranny and marginalization imposed on Hijras and transwomen. Within the theoretical underpinnings proposed by Young (2004), this study investigates how transgender people experience oppression. Following non random sampling techniques, ten extracts from two selected autobiographies by transgender have been extracted, five from each autobiography. The findings and analysis done through textual analysis demonstrate how and what types of oppression of transgender people take place, as described by the authors, including exploitation, marginalization, cultural imperialism, powerlessness, and violence. Future recommendations may involve ethnographic and phenomenological research on transgender people to obtain a better understanding of the issue.
Pages: 6710-6723
Keywords: Transgender, Faces of Oppression, Exploitation, Marginalization, Cultural Imperialism, Powerlessness, Violence.