Cultural Violence and Gender Identities: A Feminist Post-Structural Discourse Analysis of This House of Clay and Water

The present study explores the dialectic relation between gender, identity, violence, discourse and social practices, as portrayed in Mansab’s book This House of Clay Water. Viewing gender a biological trait determined at birth whereas all roles identities are considered fixed is prevalent practice countries like Pakistan. Proving that socio-cultural construct first step towards awareness not certain violent norms can be transformed to help marginalized groups intersex/transgenders, women. aims show forms abuse, repression cultural violence normalized through use language literary discourses, very same tools used counter these structures. theoretical insights for this research drawn from Feminist post-structural Analysis Butler’s Queer theory. qualitative analysis based on closed textual reading within parameters chosen framework. significance lies fact it applies FPDA fictional characters who reflection humans practices general, how they forced suffer ultimately resist gender-based co-construct their ever-shifting discourse. Keywords: Gender; discourse; identity; practice; violence; FPDA; transformation