Locating Women in Diaspora: Freedom or Confinement? A Study of Nawaaz Ahmed’s Radiant Figuitives

Abstract

The concept of diaspora has evolved and the inclusion of transnationality has become the present face of diaspora. The earlier association with the feeling of loss, alienation, anxiety, memory and remembrance is not the only factor inspiring literature today. The post-modern literature proceeds to locate other factors like creation of identity, individuality and freedom in diaspora. Analysing from feminist perspective, women have different sorts of experiences and these cannot be put under the single umbrella with other human experiences collected in hostland and homeland after dispersion. Hence, this paper intends to analyse the present face of diaspora for women of the 21^st century by making reference to Nawaaz Ahmed’s novel Radiant Figuitives.