A diasporic perspective: Cultural ambiguity In Jhumpa Lahiri’s the namesake
- Punjab University: Research Journal Social Sciences
- 28(1,2 &3), 2020: p.245-256
Jhumpa Lahiri’s the Namesake explores men and women relationships in a foreign country. When a person enters the new culture, he will be in dilemma in the process of accepting the new culture or adhere to the old culture. This causes a bitter conflict which results in the conflicting minds of protagonists in reaction in their cultural, social, economical and religious backgrounds gains the exiting world of reality that too in a foreign . – Reproduced
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri, Cultural conflict, Identity crisis, Immigrant experience, Diaspora literature, Gender dynamics, Assimilation vs. tradition, Cross-cultural relationships, Bengali-American identity, Emotional displacement, Social adaptation, Religious background, Economic adjustment, Intergenerational tension, Cultural hybridity, Literary portrayal of migration, Psychological struggle, Foreign setting, Bicultural identity, Self-discovery