Who owns womanhood? ‘Churails,’ mimicry, hybridity, and the reclamation of gender roles in postcolonial Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7154384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shazrah Salam (0000-0001-7564-6920, Bahauddin Zakariya University), Rauha Salam-Salmaoui (0009-0002-2353-2352, Univeristy of Jyväskylä, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1292-1314 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14680777.2024.2394841 |
| OpenAlex | W4402380097 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 44 |
In postcolonial Pakistan, gender ideology is often oversimplified through a Eurocentric feminist lens. The web series “Churails” (2020), directed by Abbasi, subverts this narrative by exploring the complexities of gender discrimination within a patriarchal society. Through the stories of four diverse women forming a covert detective agency, the series critiques consumer culture, addresses gender-based violence, and challenges colonial legacies. Employing theories of hybridity and intersectionality, “Churails” presents a nuanced portrayal of Pakistani women’s struggles and resistances. This essay positions “Churails” as a significant cultural artifact that reimagines gender roles and contributes to the discourse on gender equality in a postcolonial context, highlighting the transformative potential of popular culture in feminist resistance
Biology · Hybridity · Mimicry · Sociology · Anthropology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Turkey's Politics and Society · Ecology
Willful Subjects
The Location of Culture
Essence of Culture and a Sense of History
The Cyborg, Its Friends and Feminist Theories of Materiality
Postcolonial Resistance
Emotions and Social Movements
The Cultural Politics of Emotion
On Female Body Experience
Globalization and Inequalities
Killing Joy
“Under Western Eyes” Revisited
Global streamers
Navigating the Forbidden
The changing ethos and personae of shop-window mannequins within consumer culture
Women, islam, and the state in Pakistan
Theorizing Patriarchy
Reflections on Gender and Technology Studies
Dualisms, Hierarchies and Gender in Engineering
Intersectionality as feminist praxis in the UK
Between fact and fiction
Introduction
Gender, Black Feminism, and Black Political Economy
Ananda Devi
Witchcraft Accusations from Central India
The Public Nature of Private Violence
In between the global and the local
Screening the (Trans)Gender Stereotypes
Affective solidarity
Professional Women, Good Families
The Shoulders We Stand on and the View from Here
Under Western Eyes
Queer as Intersectionality
Decolonizing Visual Anthropology
Purity, Impurity, and Separation
Queer Performativities in Pakistan
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |