WOMAN AND LAND: AN ECOFEMINISTIC STUDY OF UZMA ASLAM KHAN’S THINNER THAN SKIN

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between environmental degradation and women's oppression via the lens of ecofeminism. This research offers insights into Pakistan's urgent environmental and social concerns within the framework of its socio-political and cultural milieu. A collective of like-minded individuals postulated that within transcultural and worldwide patriarchal customs, women and the natural world have a subservient and instrumental connection to men. They made clear the intrinsic connection between the planet's degradation and the subjugation of women. At the same time, they spoke out against both marginalization and environmental destruction. Their beginnings produced the theory of ecofeminism. Due of their close ties to the natural world, women play a major role in these fights. In this paper we explain the complexities of nature/woman links in greater detail in literature, particularly that written by female authors. These linkages are occasionally missed by theorists themselves. These writers address a variety of topics, including gender, class, and ethnicity; they show the good and bad sides of city living and urbanity; and—above all—they offer us an alternative conception of modernity that does not inevitably oppress the “other”. The present study is predicated on how some aspects of ecofeminism are portrayed in Uzma Aslam Khan's book Thinner than Skin. The researcher has gathered information from the chosen book and conducted a thorough analysis of the situations and characters in it.  The narrator depicts female servitude at several moments throughout the book.  In the chosen narrative, female characters continue to be the focus of discussion. The conversation revealed that every key component of ecofeminism is represented in the book's narrative. This research aims to investigate the origins and historical development of ecofeminism, consequently examining its key principles and proponents. The aim is to demonstrate how Ecofeminism challenges conventional wisdom and opposes the dominance logic and value dualism that serve as the foundation for the conceptual framework.