DETERIORATING NATURE: A STUDY OF INDIGENEITY IN UZMA ASLAM KHAN'S TRESPASSING

Abstract

Uzma Aslam Khan in her novel, Trespassing represents ethnic incongruity caused by the influx of the non-indigenous species in a land primarily inhibited by indigenous people, which leads to many ecological upheavals. Incompatibility between the threatened natives and the intruder group in an ecosystem becomes the major cause of natural downfall coupled with shifting the overall indigenousness of the land. The aim of this research is to indicate different dimensions and manifestations of the non-natives' invasion of the territory occupied by the original dwellers and how their incompatibility results in the worsening of the indigenous species, including flora and fauna. With this aim, this study traces different ecological concerns that are usually caused by the variations in local communities and contribute to the artificiality of the nativeness. To trace these cause and effects the framework employed for analysis is Kyle Powys Whyte's “Indigeneity”. These aims and objectives fill the gap in research done on the primary text that focuses more on cosmopolitanism and less on nationalism for examining the species’ position in an ecosystem.