University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 7-2015 Dramatizing Power and Resistance: Images of Women in Pakistani and Indian Alternative Theater Sobia Mubarak University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Mubarak, Sobia, "Dramatizing Power and Resistance: Images of Women in Pakistani and Indian Alternative Theater" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1206. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1206 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Dramatizing Power and Resistance: Images of Women in Pakistani and Indian Alternative Theater A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies by Sobia Mubarak University of the Punjab Bachelor of Arts, 1988 University of the Punjab Master of Arts in English Literature, 1992 Government College University M.Phil. in English Literature, 2007 July 2015 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. __________________________ Dr. M. Keith Booker Dissertation Director __________________________ _______________________ Dr. Les Wade Dr. Susan Marren Committee Member Committee Member Abstract This dissertation analyzes Pakistani and Indian plays that illustrate the nexus of power relations that operate in Pakistan and India to disempower women and the way women resist by creating dialogic spaces or fissures in the exploitative system.