GLOBALIZATION, POWER, AND THE LITERARY RECEPTION: SHAPING CONTEMPORARY PAKISTANI ANGLOPHONE FICTION

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025)
GLOBALIZATION, POWER, AND THE LITERARY
RECEPTION: SHAPING CONTEMPORARY
PAKISTANI ANGLOPHONE FICTION
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Globaliza ion, Powe , and he Li e a y Recep ion: Shaping Con empo a y
Pakis ani Anglophone Fic ion
This a icle examines he in e play o
globaliza ion, powe dynamics, li e a y
ecep ion, and pos colonial legacy in
shaping con empo a y Pakis ani
Anglophone ic ion, ocusing on en key
wo ks: Moni Mohsin’s The Dia y o a
Social Bu e ly (2008), Uzma Aslam
Khan’s Thinne Than Skin (2012),
Mohsin Hamid’s How o Ge Fil hy Rich
in Rising Asia (2013), Qais a Shah az’s Re ol (2013), So ayya Khan’s Ci y o
Spies (2015), Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fi e (2017), Nadeem Aslam’s The
Golden Legend (2017), Bina Shah’s Be o e She Sleeps (2018), Mohammad
Hani ’s Red Bi ds (2018), and Sonia Kamal’s Unma iageable (2019). D awing
on Lisa Lau’s concep o e-O ien alism, he s udy explo es how Pakis ani
w i e s na iga e he global li e a y ma ke ’s expec a ions, o en con o ming
o Wes e n s e eo ypes o Pakis an as exo ic o chao ic, while s i ing o
main ain cul u al au hen ici y. Globaliza ion enables hese au ho s o each
in e na ional audiences, ye i imposes p essu es o align wi h O ien alis
opes, as seen in na a i es add essing e o ism, pa ia chy, and mig a ion.
Powe dynamics, oo ed in colonial legacies, mani es in class di ides,
gende opp ession, and geopoli ical in luences, c i iqued in wo ks like
Hamid’s neolibe al sa i e and Shah’s eminis dys opia. Li e a y ecep ion
a ies, wi h Wes e n eade s o en ocusing on pos -9/11 hemes, while
local audiences emphasize cul u al au hen ici y and na ional iden i y. The
w i e s who use English, ace dual challenges because he language p o ides
hem colonial p i ilege bu simul aneously dis ances hem om hei na i e
w i ing p ac ises. The s udy e eals how Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion
w i e s oppose o con inue o de end agains o eign and colonial powe s
when eshaping global unde s andings o Pakis an.
Keywo ds: Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion, globaliza ion, e-o ien alism,
pos colonial legacy, powe dynamics, li e a y ecep ion, cul u al
iden i y, gende , Wes e n s e eo ypes.
In oduc ion
The global li e a y sphe e holds con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion
in a mul i ace ed posi ion which esul s om bo h globalisa ion ends and
pos colonial in luences and powe s uc u es and li e a y accep ance. As
Muhammad Im an Mukh a
Associa e P o esso , Depa men
o English, Go e nmen S. E.
G adua e College, Bahawalpu .
m.im an.muk[email p o ec ed]
D . Sohail Ahmad Saeed
P o esso , Depa men o English,
The Islamia Uni e si y o
Bahawalpu .
[email p o ec ed]u.pk
Abs ac
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Pakis an na iga es i s iden i y in a globalized wo ld, i s w i e s like Moni
Mohsin, Uzma Aslam Khan, Mohsin Hamid, Qais a Shah az, So ayya Khan,
Kamila Shamsie, Nadeem Aslam, Bina Shah, Mohammad Hani , and Soniah
Kamal, engage wi h he challenge o ep esen ing hei na ion o bo h local
and in e na ional audiences. The au ho s choose English as hei w i ing
medium which b ings hem access o wo ldwide ma ke s bu exposes hei
wo ks o Wes e n misconcep ions ha s em om O ien alis na a i es. The
need o au hen ici y clashes wi h ma ke equi emen s which o en p e e
o publish s o eys abou e o ism and pa ia chy o exo ic se ings. The
main esea ch inqui y ocuses on Pakis ani w i e s' e o s o ha monise
in e na ional comme cial expec a ions wi h hei na i e condi ions and
eade engagemen h oughou a ious cul u al se ings. This s udy bases
i s analysis wi hin Pakis an's pos colonial s a us ha con inues o
expe ience B i ish colonial legacies which a ec language use and social
class dynamics and cul u al de elopmen . Th ough globalisa ion Pakis ani
w i e s ha e gained in e na ional eade ship while hei con empo a y
wo ks ha e ea ned wo ldwide ecogni ion li e a u e (Ak am & O ei , 2025;
Ak am e al., 2022, 2021, 2020), which in luences academically (Ak am &
Abdel ady, 2023, 2025; Ramzan & Khan, 2019), linguis ically (Amjad e al.,
2021; Li & Ak am, 2023, 2024; Ramzan e al., 2025, 2023, 2021, 2020).
Pakis ani w i e s ace publishing es ain s because Wes e n eade s
and publishe s p e e s o eys which i hei exis ing iews abou Eas e n
egions like Pakis an as a land o e o ism o o eign cul u al space (Ahmad
e al., 2022). Lisa Lau de ines his phenomenon as e-O ien alism which
indica es pos colonial w i e s migh subconsciously ein o ce s e eo ypes o
achie e global success (Lau & Dwi edi, 2014). Powe dynamics in ol ed in
colonial legacies, gende , class, and geopoli ics complica e he issue and
in luence bo h he p oduc ion and ecep ion o hese wo ks. Fo ins ance,
Shah’s Be o e She Sleeps (2018) c i iques gende ed opp ession in a
globalized dys opia, while Hani ’s Red Bi ds (2018) sa i izes Wes e n
mili a y in e en ions. The ecep ion o hese wo ks shows wo di e en
pa e ns because Wes e n eade s mainly no ice pos -9/11 hemes ye
Pakis ani eade s ocus on he au hen ic po ayal o hei socie y which can
be seen h ough local eac ions o Mohsin’s The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly
(2008) and Aslam’s The Golden Legend (2017). The di e en app oaches
owa ds global and local o ces demons a e why Pakis ani Anglophone
ic ion equi es exclusi e e alua ion. This esea ch d aws upon pos colonial
heo y h ough Edwa d Said’s O ien alism (1978), Homi K. Bhabha’s Cul u al
Hyb idi y (1994), Gaya i Spi ak’s Subal e n oice explo a ion (2010) and
Lau’s e-O ien alism. Exis ing li e a u e highligh s he challenges o
ep esen a ion in Pakis ani ic ion: Raja (2018) discusses he “bu den o
ep esen a ion” aced by w i e s, while Nazi (2019) examines how global
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ecep ion shapes “B and Pakis an.” Kanwal and Aslam (2019) demons a e
English se es as a double-edged ool ha cons ains and enables while
Jabeen (2019) conduc s an eco eminis analysis o Khan’s Thinne Than Skin
(2012). This esea ch in es iga es how Pakis ani Anglophone w i e s handle
he con lic which exis s be ween in e na ional ma ke equi emen s and
cul u al o iginali y. The way people ead and connec wi h hese wo ks
di e s be ween Wes e n and Pakis ani eade s, showing how global cul u al
ma ke s wo k. Con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion unc ions as an
in e ac i e pla o m o w i e s who ei he ans o m o accep o eign and
colonial elemen s o ede ine Pakis an's image while add essing global
publishing equi emen s. The aims o his s udy a e o explo e he impac o
globaliza ion on he p oduc ion and ecep ion o Pakis ani Anglophone
ic ion, analyse he ole o powe dynamics in shaping na a i e con en ,
and assess how pos colonial legacies in luence language and iden i y in
hese wo ks. The objec i es include examining speci ic ex ual examples o
illus a e e-O ien al hemes like mig a ion, gende , and class, c i iquing
global in luences in wo ks like Shah az’s Re ol (2013) o Kamal’s
Unma iageable (2019), and e alua ing how ecep ion shapes he global
pe cep ion o Pakis ani li e a u e. This a icle aims o suppo pos colonial
li e a y esea ch while explo ing Pakis ani w i e s' me hods o handling
global wo ld challenges.
Li e a u e Re iew
Con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion p esen s an ac i e li e a y
domain which explo es global change, powe s uc u es, li e a u e ecep ion
and pos colonial he i age. This li e a u e e iew syn hesizes c i ical
schola ship and heo e ical amewo ks ele an o en selec ed no els. The
esea ch s udy i s inds ou gaps in p e ious schola ship be o e
de eloping a heo e ical amewo k o unde s and how hese wo ks na iga e
h ough global and pos colonial elemen s.
Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion has gained p ominence o i s
engagemen wi h pos colonial hemes such as iden i y, cul u al hyb idi y,
and esis ance o colonial legacies. Schola s like Cilano (2009) highligh how
hese wo ks add ess Pakis an’s sociopoli ical ins abili y, pa i ion, mili a y
ule, eligious ex emism, and gende opp ession while explo ing globalized
iden i ies. Raja (2018) a icula es he “bu den o ep esen a ion” aced by
w i e s, who a e expec ed o po ay Pakis an au hen ically ye o en ca e
o Wes e n expec a ions o exo icism. Nazi (2019) ex ends his by
examining how global ecep ion cons uc s a “B and Pakis an,” o en
p io i izing pos -9/11 na a i es o e local nuances. Kanwal and Aslam
(2019) explain ha English se es as bo h an impe ial ool which gi es
w i e s powe bu also c ea es dis ance om hei in ended audience. The
global li e a y ma ke success o Pakis ani w i e s depends hea ily on Lisa
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Lau's concep o e-O ien alism (Lau & Dwi edi, 2014). Re-O ien alism posi s
ha pos colonial au ho s may ein o ce O ien alis s e eo ypes o appeal o
Wes e n eade s, as seen in Mehmood and Janjua (2017), who c i ique
w i e s like Hamid o depic ing Pakis an’s “da k side” o gain Wes e n
acclaim. Jabeen's (2019) explo es Thinne Than Skin (2012) as he basis o
eco eminis analysis because he au ho igh s agains Wes e n
en i onmen al opes. The esea ch p esen s e idence abou he con lic
be ween genuine s o y elling and comme cial expec a ions which o ms a
cen al elemen in his a icle.
Th ough Anglophone Pakis ani ic ion w i e s can espond o
wo ldwide ma ke needs by p esen ing au hen ic cul u al iden i y using
pos colonial hemes abou iden i y alongside hyb idi y and esis ance.
Schola s no e ha w i e s ackle sociopoli ical issues and colonial legacies,
na iga ing he "bu den o ep esen a ion" and e-O ien alis p essu es. This
li e a u e demons a es Pakis an's in ica e social eali ies while changing
how he wo ld sees he coun y while sa is ying ma ke needs and
es ablishing sub e si e s o y elling me hods.
C i ics analyse The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly (2008) because i uses
sa i e o depic Pakis an's uppe -class eli e. Saeed and Abid (2022) apply
Baud illa d’s hype eali y o explo e iden i y agmen a ion h ough
consume ism, while Razzaq and Hashmi (2022) highligh i s eminis
sub e sion o gende no ms. Laska (2022) sees he dia y s uc u e as a ool
o emale oices o eme ge, ye no comple e pos colonial analysis o his
o ma has been done which his esea ch aims o ill.
The no el Thinne Than Skin (2012) e eals en i onmen al and
cul u al con lic s h ough i s s o y elling. Rashid (2018) says c i ical
discou se analysis e eals powe dynamics in pos -9/11 li e a u e, while
Jabeen (2019) and Makhdoom and Yaqoob (2019) explo e eco eminism in
en i onmen al s udies. The s udy o Wes e n e hnocen ism p esen ed by
Mahmood e al. (2021) in eg a es wi h Shah e al. (2021) who employ
l’éc i u e éminine o expose eminis na a i es.
This a icle es ablishes a uni ied e alua ion o globalisa ion e ec s
while p e ious esea ch does no p o ide such cohesion. How o Ge Fil hy
Rich in Rising Asia (2013) c i iques neolibe alism and capi alism. Awan and
Yousa (2017) and Aami (2018) examine he social and Ma xis aspec s o
he no el. Poon (2017) and D iss (2019) ocus on he sel -help gen e
me a ic ional sa i e. The au ho s Vey e (2021) and Muni and Sumai a
(2021) examine how he agmen ed s uc u e o he no el esis s Wes e n
capi alis ideologies. The cu en s udy p o ides a ho ough in es iga ion o
how he no el is ecei ed wo ldwide. Re ol (2013) add esses u al
Pakis an’s gende and pa ia chal s uc u es. The no el inds i s Islamic
solu ions o con lic s acco ding o Kidwai (2014) while Malik e al. (2022)

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emphasise Shah az's in e es in domes ic hemes. The no el's connec ion o
wo ldwide eminis heo ies needs mo e a en ion which his esea ch
add esses. In Ci y o Spies (2015) he au ho examines he e ec s o
diaspo a and o eign in luence on socie y. The a icle examines memo y and
auma h ough Chak aba y (2017) while Sabi and Shah (2020) analyse
O ien alis ep esen a ions o women in he ex . Hussain e al. (2022) and
Ha eez and Khan (2022) analyse iden i y h ough sel - ashioning and
diaspo a amewo ks. The s udy by Anam and Khan (2023) examines
poli ical u moil in he book ye neglec s o analyse how globalisa ion
o med i s s o ey s uc u e. The no el Home Fi e (2017) uses An igone as i s
ounda ion o c ea e a mode n-day s o ey se a e 9/11 e en s. Ri aldy e al.
(2019) alongside Saqib e al. (2022) analyse diaspo ic hyb idi y h ough
hei esea ch while Baglama (2020) and Haque e al. (2020) s udy neo-
acism and cul u al hegemony in he ex . K ause (2020) and Yaqin (2021)
add ess s a e iolence and nec opoli ics. The analysis o eminis agency in
he no el by Ullah and Raha (2022) needs o be ex ended wi h an
examina ion o i s global ma ke in luence. The Golden Legend (2017)
c i iques eligious in ole ance and mino i y opp ession. The esis ance o
iolence in he no el is examined h ough Mille (2019) and I zal e al. (2021)
while Nazi (2019) and Nazi e al. (2022) deba e i s selec i e po ayal o
Pakis an. The au ho s Malik and Ahmad (2022) implemen ana chis heo y
in hei wo k alongside A shad and Ak am (2023) who analyse pa ia chal
opp ession. The wo ldwide ecep ion o his no el needs addi ional analysis.
The no el Be o e She Sleeps (2018) p esen s i sel as a eminis ision
o a dys opian u u e. The spa ial and i al esis ance o he no el is s udied
by Asi e al. (2021) and Chambe s and Lowden (2022) and he pa ia chal
con ol is analysed h ough he wo k o A zal e al. (2021) and Meh aj (2023).
Mo aza (2023) and Naseem e al. (2023) highligh women’s
commodi ica ion. Resea che s ha e no su icien ly explo ed i s wo ldwide
specula i e amewo k. In Red Bi ds (2018) he au ho uses sa i e o expose
wa and neo-colonialism. Vey e (2020) and Nasi e al. (2021) c i ique i s
po ayal o he p eca ia and wa ’s absu di y, while Naz (2021) and Khan
(2022) add ess libe al in e na ionalism and O ien alism. The examina ion o
iolence and eminis dys opia in Sada (2022) and Ahmed e al. (2022)
emains limi ed compa ed o o he aspec s o hei wo k. Unma iageable
(2019) ein e p e s P ide and P ejudice. G aham (2019) and Piehl (2019)
p aise i s cul u al adap a ion, while Anna (2020) and Razia and Maan (2022)
highligh eminis esis ance o phallogocen ism. Zainab e al. (2022) ame
i as “w i ing back” o colonial ex s, bu i s global li e a y dialogue needs
u he analysis.
Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion o he p esen e a main ains i sel as a
dynamic li e a y en i onmen ha in eg a es wo ldwide and domes ic
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elemen s. The di e se na a i e me hods o hese wo ks analyse
pos colonial opics and analyse social poli ics while b eaking cul u al
misconcep ions and adap o in e na ional ma ke place equi emen s.
Academic schola s demons a e how Pakis ani Anglophone li e a u e o ms
wo ldwide pe spec i es h ough i s managemen o au hen ici y e sus
comme cial ma ke place equi emen s. Schola ship ela ed o
pos colonialism mo es o wa d h ough he combina ion o sa i e wi h
eminis iews and social c i ique which p oduces wo ldwide unde s anding
o iden i y along wi h powe dynamics and esis ance mo emen s.
Theo e ical F amewo k
This s udy employs pos colonial heo y, d awing on Edwa d Said’s
O ien alism (1978) o analyse Wes e n s e eo ypes in global ecep ion, Homi
K. Bhabha’s The Loca ion o Cul u e (1994) o cul u al hyb idi y, and
Gaya i Spi ak’s Can he Subal e n Speak? (2010) o ma ginalized oices.
The concep o e-O ien alism by Lisa Lau (Lau & Dwi edi, 2014) se es as a
undamen al analysis o how au ho s use O ien alis s e eo ypes in hei
wo ks. The esea ch uses Baud illa d’s hype eali y o examine consume
iden i ies in The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly (2008) and pu s o wa d
ecoc i ical pe spec i es in Thinne Than Skin (2012) while applying eminis
app oaches o l’éc i u e éminine o Be o e She Sleeps (2018) and
in e sec ionali y o Home Fi e (2017). The analysis gains dep h h ough
Foucaul ’s powe dynamics and Deleuze and Gua a i’s de e i o ializa ion
concep s o he analysis o he selec ed ex s.
The esea ch s udy uses a wide heo e ical amewo k o examine
con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone li e a u e. The analysis o Pakis ani
Anglophone li e a u e h ough his esea ch employs cul u al hyb idi y
oge he wi h pos colonial pe spec i es and eminis heo y and ecoc i ical
analysis. By gi ing oice o unde - ep esen ed communi ies and add essing
social and en i onmen al issues, he ex s challenge p econcep ions and
global awa eness o Pakis ani pos colonial li e a u e in English.
C i ical Deba es and Gaps
One o he deba es is abou he ea men o mino i ies being ep esen ed,
he que ies o he ep esen a ion and he comme cial e ec s. Raja (2018)
and Nazi (2019) c i icise how w i e s ocus on Wes e n audiences, ye
Mehmood and Janjua (2017) sugges he w i e s con inue pe pe ua ing
s e eo ypes. Con e sely, Kanwal and Aslam (2019) and Jabeen (2019)
highligh sub e si e s a egies. The li e a u e lacks combined analyses
which connec globalisa ion wi h powe dynamics and ecep ion alongside
pos coloniali y h oughou a speci ic collec ion o wo ks. The esea ch
ocuses on indi idual wo ks and no he collec i e e ec o wo ks on
adjus men o ma ke end and cul u al iden i y o ma ion.
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The deba e in his a icle demons a es ha Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion
unc ions as an a ena ha media es global and local elemen s. I uses
pos colonial and eminis and ecoc i ical analysis o analyse how w i e s
espond o globalisa ion and in e ac wi h powe s uc u es while hey
po ay Pakis an. And i p o ides an ex ensi e pos colonial analysis which
enhances unde s anding o pos colonial li e a y schola ship.
Con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion wo ks as a plian
s uc u e ha egula es he wo ldwide ma ke condi ions no unde mining
he genuine cul u al depic ion. Mode n Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion
conduc s c i ical powe ela ion analysis h ough eminis , pos colonial and
ecoc i ical amewo ks o igh s e eo ypes and ans o m na ional
iden i ies. Academic esea ch needs o in es iga e he links be ween
globalisa ion and pos colonial hemes and ecep ion pa e ns because hese
ela ionships show how Anglophone ic ion de elops li e a y unde s anding
by enhancing cul u al unde s anding in ou con empo a y globalised wo ld.
Me hodology
Using such quali a i e app oaches as ex ual and compa a i e analysis, he
esea ch is engaged in s udying globalisa ion and powe s uc u es as well
as li e a y ecep ion and pos colonial adi ions in mode n Pakis ani
Anglophone li e a u e. The in es iga ion consis s o en selec ed no els
published a e 2000. The esea che chose hese ex s because hey po ay
Pakis an’s cul u al and sociopoli ical dynamics while achie ing in e na ional
li e a y ma ke success. Using ex ual analysis, he a icle in es iga es he
ways au ho s implemen hei na a i es s uc u es wi h hemes and s yle
o w i ing in o de o explo e he global expec a ions as well as pos colonial
iden i ies. The compa a i e analysis me hod b ings oge he he no els o
he pu pose o s udying hei pa allel and con as ing app oaches owa d
globalisa ion and powe dynamics and eade esponses. While compa ing
Hamid’s neolibe al sa i e wi h Shah’s eminis dys opia, i is possible o
acknowledge he di e en ways in which au ho s ea global elemen s. The
esea ch elies on schola ly a icles and he book by Lau and Dwi edi (2014)
o gain insigh s abou e-O ien alism and pos colonial ep esen a ion. The
esea ch d aws om pos colonial heo y h ough Lisa Lau’s e-O ien alism
amewo k which e alua es he ways w i e s ei he a i m o challenge
O ien alis s e eo ypes. Edwa d Said’s O ien alism (1978), Homi K. Bhabha’s
cul u al hyb idi y (1994), and Gaya i Spi ak’s subal e ni y (2010) in o m
analyses o powe dynamics and iden i y. Feminis and ecoc i ical lenses
u he en ich he s udy, add essing gende and en i onmen al hemes. The
chosen esea ch me hod enables he esea ch o g asp he complex ways he
selec ed no els handle global and pos colonial elemen s.
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Analysis and Discussion
This analysis explo es how con empo a y Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion
na iga es globaliza ion, powe dynamics, li e a y ecep ion, and
pos colonial legacies h ough close eadings and compa a i e discussions o
en no els: The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly (2008) by Moni Mohsin, Thinne
Than Skin (2012) by Uzma Aslam Khan, How o Ge Fil hy Rich in Rising Asia
(2013) by Mohsin Hamid, Re ol (2013) by Qais a Shah az, Ci y o Spies
(2015) by So ayya Khan, Home Fi e (2017) by Kamila Shamsie, The Golden
Legend (2017) by Nadeem Aslam, Be o e She Sleeps (2018) by Bina Shah, Red
Bi ds (2018) by Mohammed Hani , and Unma iageable (2019) by Soniah
Kamal. The esea ch analyses hese wo ks h ough hema ic and s ylis ic
app oaches while using ex ual e idence and his o ical con ex o
demons a e how au ho s use hem as nego ia ion spaces which ei he
oppose o ag ee o igh agains global and colonial in luences o change
how Pakis an is pe cei ed.
Th ough globalisa ion Pakis ani au ho s ob ain wo ldwide eade ship
ye mus con o m o Wes e n cul u al no ms which equen ly use
O ien alis s e eo ypes. Pos colonial w i e s acco ding o Lau’s e-
O ien alism (Lau & Dwi edi, 2014) may adop s e eo ypes which appeal o
in e na ional ma ke s. Th ough a sel -help book o ma Hamid c ea es a
second-pe son pe spec i e o mock Sou h Asian neolibe al d eams in his
no el How o Ge Fil hy Rich in Rising Asia (2013). The p o agonis ’s
jou ney om u al po e y o u ban weal h, ma ked by ph ases like “mo e
o he ci y” (Hamid, 2013, p. 23), mi o s global capi alis na a i es. The
no el employs i ony alongside an anonymous ci y o disman le Wes e n
sel -de e mina ion my hs despi e i s c i icism o hese goals. The na a i e
o Home Fi e (2017) ac i a es global eade ship h ough Sophocles' classical
play An igone’s inspi a ion which he au ho ansplan s in o a pos -9/11
wo ld. Th ough Aneeka’s plea o “He’s my b o he ” (Shamsie, 2017, p. 245),
Shamsie shows Wes e n eade s amilia wi h secu i y discou ses how
B i ish-Pakis ani amilies expe ience e o ism while b eaking Muslim
iden i y s e eo ypes. The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly as a wo k wi h a sa i ical
one sc u inizes Pakis an’s eli e class ye may con i m he p ejudices o he
wes e n eade s on an uppe -class ha is ligh y by na u e. The comical
misuse o wo ds by Bu e ly h ough he s a emen "I'm so imp ess"
(Mohsin 2008, p. 45) c ea es amusemen ye po en ially sus ains inaccu a e
cul u al s e eo ypes abou language skills. Th ough he dia y en ies in The
F iday Times Moni Mohsin c a ed The Dia y o a Social Bu e ly (2008)
which combines local humou by misusing English wo ds and U du ph ases
in English dialogue o connec wi h bo h global and local eade ship.
The li e a u e o Pakis ani Anglophone ic ion in e ac s wi h a
wo ldwide audience h ough i s s o eys while i coun e s Wes e n cul u al
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