Indian diaspora and identity transformation in selected Indian-American novels by Kiran Desai, Bharati Mukherjee and Jhumpa Lahiri /
Marwa Fawzy Mahmoud
Indian diaspora and identity transformation in selected Indian-American novels by Kiran Desai, Bharati Mukherjee and Jhumpa Lahiri / الشتات الهندى و تغيرات الهوية فى روايات هندية أمريكية مختارة لكيران ديساى: بهاراتى موكرجى و جومبا لاهيرى Marwa Fawzy Mahmoud ; Supervised Galila Ann Ragheb - Cairo : Marwa Fawzy Mahmoud , 2017 - 145 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
This thesis attempts to analyze fictional representations of Indian diaspora and diasporic identities. It aims at establishing a relationship between the protagonists identity transformation, their agency and their ability to assimilate to the host lands. In kiran Desai's the Inheritance of Loss (2006), Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine (1989) and Jhumpa Lahiri's the namesake (2004), the protagonists engage in multi-cultural encounters that affect their sense of place and time in a manner that compels them to assess their identity and sense of belonging. The term diaspora is used in this study as an alternative to immigration which fails to adequately convey the psychological and cultural aspects of dispersal. The theoretical framework adopted in this thesis includes works by Homi K. Bhabha, stuart Hall, Ajit K. Maan and frantz fanon which deal with the issue of identity from cultural and psychological perspectives. The selected novels are analyzed in relation to the concepts of hybridity, cultural identity and Internarrative Identity which reveal the protagonists coping dynamics, personal agency and cultural assimilation, or lack thereof. While Desais text depicts diaspora as an experience of loss in which the protagonists return to the homeland metaphorically empty-handed, Mukherjees text celebrates diaspora as an occasion for recreating the self through tribulations. Lahiris work yields a more balanced view of diaspora that acknowledges the pains and the gains of displacement
Acculturation Diaspora Identity
Indian diaspora and identity transformation in selected Indian-American novels by Kiran Desai, Bharati Mukherjee and Jhumpa Lahiri / الشتات الهندى و تغيرات الهوية فى روايات هندية أمريكية مختارة لكيران ديساى: بهاراتى موكرجى و جومبا لاهيرى Marwa Fawzy Mahmoud ; Supervised Galila Ann Ragheb - Cairo : Marwa Fawzy Mahmoud , 2017 - 145 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
This thesis attempts to analyze fictional representations of Indian diaspora and diasporic identities. It aims at establishing a relationship between the protagonists identity transformation, their agency and their ability to assimilate to the host lands. In kiran Desai's the Inheritance of Loss (2006), Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine (1989) and Jhumpa Lahiri's the namesake (2004), the protagonists engage in multi-cultural encounters that affect their sense of place and time in a manner that compels them to assess their identity and sense of belonging. The term diaspora is used in this study as an alternative to immigration which fails to adequately convey the psychological and cultural aspects of dispersal. The theoretical framework adopted in this thesis includes works by Homi K. Bhabha, stuart Hall, Ajit K. Maan and frantz fanon which deal with the issue of identity from cultural and psychological perspectives. The selected novels are analyzed in relation to the concepts of hybridity, cultural identity and Internarrative Identity which reveal the protagonists coping dynamics, personal agency and cultural assimilation, or lack thereof. While Desais text depicts diaspora as an experience of loss in which the protagonists return to the homeland metaphorically empty-handed, Mukherjees text celebrates diaspora as an occasion for recreating the self through tribulations. Lahiris work yields a more balanced view of diaspora that acknowledges the pains and the gains of displacement
Acculturation Diaspora Identity