The Department of Sociology, in collaboration with the Department of English, organized a book talk on Language Gender and Power: The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asia.
The session featured the author, Professor Shahid Siddiqui, along with Professor Dr. Fouzia Janjua, Dean FLL, Professor Dr. Manzoor Khan Afridi, Dean FSS, Dr. Rabia Ali, Associate Professor Sociology, and Dr. Nasim Khan Mahsud from Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad.
The book highlights how language functions not only as a tool of communication but also as a powerful mechanism of domination and control. Professor Siddiqui discussed how gender stereotypes are produced through discourse, drawing from postmodern concepts such as hegemony.
He explained linguistic violence and its impact on women in the labor force and in legislative spaces.
The author further illustrated how everyday linguistic expressions—such as nursery rhymes, media content, jokes, slogans on vehicles, and other cultural forms—subtly reinforce rigid gender roles in society.
Faculty members and students from Sociology, English and Psychology departments attended the talk. Concluding the event, Dr. Rabia Ali, the chief organizer, thanked the speakers, faculty and students for their active participation.