Khanal, Shree Ram2021-03-302021-07-232021-03-302021-07-232016https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/3198This present research work is an analyticalstudyofthe male politics as gender performativity inJosteinGaarder’sThe Orange Girl. It also traces the process by which bothgeneration father and sonperspective shed and reconstructs the male ideology.This research work investigates into the male ideology to hegemonize the female bodyinwardly. Gaarder analyzes thefemale performanceas aesthetic beauty and epistemological beauty at the same time, his con-trick way of expression is cross generaand cross-generational view. Itattempts this throughoutlivesas Butlearian notion of gender performativitywhichbrings the strategies of male ideologiesin the novel. However, this gazing seems to be creative as objectify the female body outlives itself in postmodern just like postmodern feeds from male ideology which proves the harmonious relationship between gender performance and male politicsen-USMale PoliticsGenderRoleThesis