Quite often the characteristic of barbarity is cultural rather than personal – a person’s culture sanctions their behavior and reprimands them for any other kind of expression in a particular situation. Other times, it is the exact opposite and a few times, it is a combination of both. The noble enterprise of Feminism and Women’s Studies is to find culprits and liberate victims – which is noble precisely because it is so difficult to accomplish. Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns perfectly showcases this difficulty. Hosseini characterized the book as a ‘mother-daughter’ story, but this paper will Continue reading...