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Volume : V, Issue : IX, October - 2015

QUEST FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE MIDST OF PATRIARCHAL FAMILY IN MANJU KAPUR’S NOVEL ‘HOME’

M. Sasikala, None

By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Manju Kapur has made significant contribution to Post-Independence Indian English fiction. Her fiction is not only a story which is to entertain the reader but also to educate. Each of her novel reflects the different types of women who struggle in cultural conflict, patriarchal domination, identity crisis, immigrant experience etc. One such novel is ‘Home’. It tells how the women suffer in patriarchal family. It narrates how the women break traditional boundaries and walk through the path of success in their life. The present paper aims to show how the heroine Nisha searches for cultural identity in the midst of her patriarchal family.

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    M. Sasikala, None(2015). QUEST FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE MIDST OF PATRIARCHAL FAMILY IN MANJU KAPUR’S NOVEL ‘HOME’. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. V, Issue. IX, http://isrj.org/UploadedData/7265.pdf

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