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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Prof. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Shada Salem Omer Bokir (P71751) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-13T08:08:36Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-13T08:08:36Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09-18 | - |
| dc.identifier.other | ukmvital:117428 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497717 | - |
| dc.description | This research presents a socio-constructional reading of controversial texts in photography and literature related to social taboos on Yemeni women. The research analyses the photographic works of Boushra Al-Mutawakkil, who is concerned with the representations of Yemeni women beyond the social restrictions imposed on them,and the novels written by Wajdi Al-Ahdal which demonstrate the condition of Yemeni women in both the public and private spheres. These texts have provoked a lot of debate in Yemen because of the sensitive taboo topics they tread on. This research is guided by three main objectives: first, to explore counter narratives of the institutionalism of the male gaze in the Yemeni society; second, to analyse the bilateral correlation between the male gaze and the dress-code; and finally, to explore the manifestations of both of them in those texts. The conceptual framework employed is based on Laura Mulvey's concept of the male gaze modified by a psychoanalytical framework that includes Slavoj Zizek's and Jacques Lacan's concept of the gaze. This framework is applied to the social institutionalism in Yemen. In so doing, in the methodology, their theories were synthesized to examine the relationships between the gaze, the veil and the point of authority in the Yemeni society. Through this analytic tool, the ways in which dress codes mute women in the public sphere are foregrounded. Firstly, various photographic representations of veiling were scrutinized, followed by the interpretation of two of Ah-Ahdal's narratives on veiling. By comparing visual and novelistic representations, it is shown that these two texts act as a point of resistance against the objectification of women through the institutionalization of the male gaze. The implication of this research lies in the fact that by highlighting the phenomena of the male gaze through the controversial texts and by bringing the dilemma of the veil to the surface, the photographs and the novels work as a counter against the institutionalization of the male gaze in the Yemeni society and against the homogenisation of women in the public sphere.,'Certification of Masters/Doctoral Thesis' is not available,Ph.D. | - |
| dc.language.iso | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | UKM, Bangi | - |
| dc.relation | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | - |
| dc.rights | UKM | - |
| dc.subject | Women -- Yemen (Republic) -- Social conditions | - |
| dc.subject | Muslim women -- Yemen (Republic) | - |
| dc.subject | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations | - |
| dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia | - |
| dc.title | Interrogating the concepts of dress code taboo and male gaze in controversial Yemeni texts as tools to resist against institutionalization | - |
| dc.type | Theses | - |
| dc.format.pages | 202 | - |
| dc.identifier.callno | HQ1730.7.Z8B635 2019 tesis | - |
| dc.identifier.barcode | 004395(2019) | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | |
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