The Pose

The Pose: Short story by Anwar KhanIn this story by Anwar Khan, an attractive Indian college student makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to exchange places with a mannequin in a shop window. She feels an immediate sense of comfort in being able to watch passers-by without inhibition. Shortly afterwards, she realizes that she is as much an exhibit to them as they are to her. Thinking she is a mannequin, men and boys openly lust over her and women stop and admire her beauty. She leaves the shop empowered by the experience. Themes include identity, (repressive) social conventions, performance, liberation, self-discovery. empowerment.

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