LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Minority Voices in a Multicultural Context:
Jhumpa Lahiri

Mudasir Habib, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

The Objectives of the study is to analyses the significance of minority writing in a multicultural context. Does it offer a corrective/ validation to mainstream representation of sub-cultural groups in America? How does Jhumpa Lahiri confront the issue of her own specific heritage and diasporic identity? How does Jhumpa Lahiri explore the cultural collision of Indian immigrants with America and how does she address the questions of cultural integration and exclusion in her stories.

Keywords: diasporic group, female writers, Indian immigrants, Jhumpa Lahiri, minority writing, multicultural society, and United States.

Introduction

In today’s world the marginalized groups and Minority voices are increasingly assuming the centre stage. They are gaining ascendency in the literary sphere too, resulting in a questioning of present power equations and refashioning of present hierarchies. For example, the demographic and cultural fabric of a multicultural American society is being re-formed and re-defined by sub-cultural groups like Native Indians, Blacks and other immigrant and ethnic minorities. Significant creative writing from the United States in recent years has come from these sub-cultural groups unprecedented visibility who are gaining. Writing has been used by them as a solid medium to assert their presence, reclaim their racial history and cultural heritage and examine hegemonies prevailing. Present theoretical focus is also on the patterns and dynamics of cultural act of including or excluding. Relationships between historical, political, and cultural aspects of society are being rethought and re-analyzed while issues related to individual and communal identity are being debated.

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Mudasir Habib
Makhdoomsahib
Srinagar -190003
Jammu and Kashmir
India

Institute Affiliation:
Research Scholar, Department of English, Kashmir University
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
India
mudasirhabib28@gmail.com

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