Language and Identity in Indian Diasporic Literature

Ravindra Kumar Singh

doi:10.55544/ijrah.4.5.18

Authors

Dr. Ravindra Kumar Singh Associate Professor & Head, Department of English, K.K.P.G. College, Etawah, U.P., INDIA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.4.5.18

Keywords:

Indian Diaspora, Language and Identity, Bilingualism, Linguistic Hybridity, Code-Switching, Cultural Dislocation, Postcolonial Identity, Diasporic Literature, Mother Tongue, English as Colonial Legacy

Abstract

The complex relationship between language, culture, and identity has long been a central concern in the study of diasporic literature, particularly in the context of the Indian diaspora. This paper explores how the poetics of cultural transrelation in Indian diasporic writing challenges the notion of a fixed, monolithic identity, and instead embraces the fluidity and multiplicity inherent in the diasporic experience.

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