Am I a temptress or a guardian? The discourse of securitization and girls' education in a religiously-driven-postcolonial-security state of Pakistan

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ID2932448
AutoresAli Sameer (0000-0003-4213-8537, University of Glasgow, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume46
Fascículo4
Páginas519-535
Data de publicação2025-07-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2024.2437794
OpenAlexW4405202309
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas61

This paper explores the intricate relationships between security, gender, and education by examining the construction of girls’ education within the security-centric state of Pakistan. Utilizing a Foucauldian qualitative methodology, the study conducted power elite interviews with officials from the army, religious scholars, bureaucrats, educationists, and third-sector representatives. The findings reveal that Pakistan’s status as a security state directly influences girls’ education, aligning it with the country’s security imperatives. This alignment generates a dual discourse: visible discourses that advocate for girls’ education and invisible discourses, such as gendered hypocrisy, that undermine it. By employing theoretical hybridization – integrating International Relations, education, Feminism, and Foucauldian discourse analysis – the paper offers a nuanced view of how security dynamics influence gendered educational practices. Furthermore, recognizing that studying a postcolonial subject requires the inclusion of indigenous and non-Western academic voices, theoretical hybridization is utilized to incorporate these perspectives effectively

Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Elite · Feminism · Hybridity · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security