Reconciling Identities: The Diasporic Bengali Woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Themes of home, belonging and space reverberate through Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel, The Namesake. This paper focuses on the negotiation of diasporic identities in transnational and transcultural spaces by the three main women protagonists in the narrative. Ashima, Moushumi and Sonia all shape and re...
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| Language: | English |
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Bath Spa University
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Transnational Literature |
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/35351/1/bitstream |