Abstract
The semiotics of the kitchen in Pakistan in terms of sustainable development, structural violence and unequal
distribution of resources, particularly technological ones, has been analyzed. The diverse architecture and
resources in the kitchen in rural and urban settings have been linked with gender-based oppression and
inequality in the light of the concepts of patriarchal relativity and compound patriarchy elaborated by Akgul
(2017), capabilities suggested by Nassbaum (2000), and the semiotics of kitchen attributed to Rosler (1975).
By studying the semiotics of the architecture of nine purposively selected images of kitchens in Pakistan, the
gender hierarchies and binaries of men and women as ‘haves’ or ‘have-nots’ and privileged or multimarginalized have been elaborated. The analysis of Pakistani rural and urban kitchens suggests that the
architecture of the kitchen connotes unequal distribution of resources, such as the supply of gas, electricity,
and water among women living in rural and urban areas.
Mehvish Riaz . (2022) Patriarchal Relativity, Structural Violence, and Inequalities: Semiotics of the Rural and Urban Kitchens in Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 1.
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