EXAMINING THE RESILIENCE OF WOMEN IN KARACHI, YOU'RE KILLING ME: A POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to explore the resilience of women’s in Karachi, in the perspective of postcolonial feminist theory. For the sake of reference from the literature, we analyse the Saba Imtiaz’s book Karachi, You’re Killing Me! The book examines the life of Ayesha khan, a young journalist in Karachi. It is a vivid and often funny depiction of city life, full of clever observations about the difficulties facing young women in modern-day Pakistan. Postcolonial feminist theory is a theoretical paradigm that looks at how race, gender, and colonialism interact. It aims to draw attention to the ways that colonialism and gender interacts to create power structure and disparities, and to give voice to oppressed women in the global south who are often left out the mainstream feminist conversation. The findings of the research are that, Ayesha is a brave and courageous women who easily fall in love with someone we can see throughout the novel she falls in love three time with different person. But when her loved once break her heart we are able to see clearly that she goes through the dark phase of her life on the other hand we see her after some time same like before a brave and refocused girl who love her profession and she’s very passionate towards her passion. The research also focusses on the things that novel portrayed with the characters of elite class people as they arrange parties with the alcohol and they smoke openly.