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Chakraborti, Mohua.

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Preservation or Progression: Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Fluidity as Seen Through the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Preservation or Progression: Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Fluidity as Seen Through the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo./
作者:	Chakraborti, Mohua.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2014,
面頁冊數:	61 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International52-06(E).
標題:	Caribbean literature. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1555253
ISBN:	9781303872273

Preservation or Progression: Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Fluidity as Seen Through the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo.
Chakraborti, Mohua.

Preservation or Progression: Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Fluidity as Seen Through the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2014 - 61 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-06.

Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Albany, 2014.

The aim of this thesis is to clarify and analyze the arguments about national and marginal identity made by two Indo-Trinidadian authors, V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo. Naipaul argues that Trinidad as a nation cannot survive because it must be dependent on colonial rule. He argues that Indo-Trinidadian's are neither British nor Indian, and they lack identity and stability. In contrast, Mootoo argues that Trinidad is fully capable of establishing its own identity, and that Indo-Trinidadian culture does not need colonization nor India to define it. She argues that culture is a fluid and constantly changing idea. Mootoo recognizes the attempts at preserving Indian traditions and British standards in Trinidad, but argues that the attempt to make culture stagnant prevents progression. She also emphasizes in her work the marginal identity of gender set by societal standards, and understands that these gender identities must also fluctuate.

ISBN: 9781303872273Subjects--Topical Terms:

3173897
Caribbean literature.

Preservation or Progression: Indo-Trinidadian Cultural Fluidity as Seen Through the Works of V.S. Naipaul and Shani Mootoo.
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