The Dysfunctional Father in Hanif Kureishi’s Novel The Buddha of Suburbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21807332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walid Messaoudi (0000-0002-1339-8455, University of Jordan), Samira Al-Khawaldeh (0000-0001-9199-6330, University of Jordan) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1313-1319 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Practice in Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-2591 • E-ISSN: 2053-0692 |
| Publisher | Academy Publication (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17507/tpls.1207.10 |
| OpenAlex | W4283811935 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This study seeks to offer a comprehensible understanding of the father figure in family and how the father character in Hanif kureishi’s “The Buddha of Suburbia” becomes dysfunctional to some extent. However, critics, historians or literary figures concentrate less on the structure and more on the description such as a happy family or a sad family, etc. Add to that, writers succeed to depict the image of a ruling father who owns everything inside the family including his wife and children. Also, they may portray a successful mother who manages to take care of her children in the absence of a husband. Nevertheless, fathers as abusive and dysfunctional in particular families are seldom taken into consideration; perhaps because of the patriarchal stereotypes in certain communities. Thus, Fatherhood is the main reason to family destruction and disintegration in contradiction to the patriarchal system that positions the father as the symbol of unity and at the same time of power
Aesthetics · Art · Buddhism · Contradiction · Dysfunctional family · Epistemology · Gautama Buddha · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Theology · Wife · Gender Studies · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |