Psychological Androgyny in Exit West and Home Fire

Harmain Rukh, Dr. Ismail Abassi, Sumayya Amra

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Published: Dec 13, 2021

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Psychological androgyny, masculinity, femininity, instrumental, expressive, assertive, yielding

Harmain Rukh, Dr. Ismail Abassi, Sumayya Amra

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Psychological Androgyny entails the blending, in a particular individual, of masculine and
feminine traits, from traditional perspectives of gender division. It is a liberated state which
allows individuals to express themselves in ways free of gendered restrictions. An androgyne,
unlike sex-typed characters, displays a mélange of traits irrespective of their categorization as
masculine or feminine. This research studies Psychological Androgyny in selected novels i.e.Exit
West (2017) and Home Fire (2017) by Hamid and Shamsie respectively. It is qualitative and
constructive in essence and takes up Sandra Bem’s views on the nature of Psychological
Androgyny to pinpoint and highlight the expression of psychological androgyny in selected
characters of Exit West and Home Fire. The analysis of the texts is carried out on the basis of the
conceptual framework which is grounded in the work of Bem on Psychological Androgyny.
Main category for analysis is Psychological Androgyny while subcategories include assertive
versus yielding, instrumental versus expressive and masculinity versus femininity.

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