Portrayal of Women Empowerment in Pakistani Drama: A Case of Ghisi Piti Mohabbat

Authors

  • Noor Ul Ain Nasir Lecturer, School of Media and Communication Studies, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. PhD scholar at School of communication Studies, Punjab University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Anam Shehzadi MPhil Scholar, School of Media and Communication Studies, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Anjum Zia Professor, School of Media and Communication Studies, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56976/rjsi.v5i4.164

Abstract

The research study explores/ analysis the portrayal of women empowerment in Pakistani drama “Ghisi Piti Mohabbat”. The drama is on aired on leading Pakistani drama channel ARY Digital. Furthermore it examines women empowerment under the following categories. The main categories will be Decision Making, Social Mobility, Confident and Financial or Economic Independence. The study analysis the portrayal of women in Pakistani drama by using qualitative method of discourse analysis in order to find out the contextual meaning of dialogues used in drama “Ghisi Piti Mohabbat”.Liberal feminist theory was employed as the theoretical frame work for the study. The finding of the study might suggest that women are shown/ represented in confidence, self-made and strong character, and shown as taking ownership of decision they take on the life. Finding further might suggest that women face many societal pressures throughout their life.

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2023-12-31

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Nasir, N. U. A., Shehzadi, A., & Zia, A. (2023). Portrayal of Women Empowerment in Pakistani Drama: A Case of Ghisi Piti Mohabbat. Research Journal for Societal Issues, 5(4), 93–116. https://doi.org/10.56976/rjsi.v5i4.164

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