Subaltern Female Representation in Afghan Authors' Literary Texts: Let Me Write for You and Anis Earrings

Abstract This study employs postcolonial feminist theory to analyze the representation of subaltern Afghan women in Let Me Write for You and Anis’s Earrings. Framed by Spivak’s concept of the “subaltern” and Mohanty’s critique of Western feminism, the research interrogates how Afghan women writers utilize double-voiced discourse to engage with dominant narratives while embedding subversive resistance. Through textual analysis, the study uncovers agency in covert acts such as letter writing, which challenge the reductive tropes of the “Third World woman.” The findings critique Western feminism’s homogenization of Afghan women’s experiences and argue for context-specific readings that recenter their literary strategies as forms of survival enactment. Ultimately, by centering Afghan women’s narratives, this research enriches decolonial feminist discourse and demonstrates how literature functions as a space of representation and the reclaiming of identity.