Volume 19, No. 4, 2022
A Pathetic Cultural Prestige Of Middle East' Women From Princess By Jean Sasson: An Analytical Study
Muhammad Sami , Muhammad Imran , Waseem Ahmad , Muhammad Ishfaq , Muhammad Ansar
Abstract
The core purpose of this research paper is probe into the social and pathetic status of Middle East' women in their own culture from the novel Princess by Jean Sasson. Her novel, Princess, is the description of domestic and cultural issues of Saudi women. Eventually, the procedure itself depicts the social prestige of women characters and highlights the social issues of Saudi women. Socially, the role or status of women in Saudi culture is limited, they do not have equal opportunity for their social affairs. Even they do not have any right for their medical treatment without male member of the family. Usually, force or arranged marriages are common in Saudi Arabia. There is no concept or space for feelings, sentiments or love. Saudi women do not have any right for choosing suitable match maker for themselves. These aspects show the wretched social status of women in Saudi culture. The theory of objectification by Fredrickson and Roberts is adopted in order to probe the social status of women in Saudi culture. This research is purely descriptive and analytical one because for descriptive analysis of women wretched social ailment it uses textual evidences for the investigation. In order to understand the content of the novel a method of close-reading is used by the researcher. The experiences of women characters from the novel are taken as a sources of evidence.
Pages: 133-147
Keywords: Social status of Saudi women, Saudi culture, Saudi Vision 2030, Sexual Exploitation, Women Trafficking, Trap of Male Supervision and Oppression of Women..