An in-depth psychoanalytic and postcolonial reading of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Thanda Gosht, exploring the figure of the colonized body, abjection, and masculinity through the lens of Kristeva, Fanon, and Lacan.

Abjection, Colonial Masculinity, and the Corpse: Reading Manto’s Thanda Gosht Through Kristeva and Fanon

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Zoyema Ansari

An in-depth psychoanalytic and postcolonial reading of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Thanda Gosht, exploring the figure of the colonized body, abjection, and masculinity through the lens of Kristeva, Fanon, and Lacan.

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