Papers by Dr. MANJEET K R . KASHYAP
The vision of traditional folklore has been highlighted by many of great storytellers. In this p... more The vision of traditional folklore has been highlighted by many of great storytellers. In this paper, I‟ll try to explain, Salman Rushdie‟s concept of myth and orality in his popular later novel, The Moor‟s Last Sigh (1995). Apart from that, the paper also discusses the postcolonial project of repulsion for EuroAmerican‟s hegemony and supremacy towards the „other‟. The novel is concerned with the Indian myth and orality, and it links the western tradition and folklore.In order to deal with the ideas of Rushdie, we need to consult the study of myth and orality to explore fairytale initiated by the British practitioners of western folklore.
Glocal Colloquies- An International Journal of World Literatures & Cultures, 2017
The paper attempts to explore the issues of
globalization, belonging, identity, history, and nati... more The paper attempts to explore the issues of
globalization, belonging, identity, history, and nation in terms of
citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity and gender. It will be further
addressed from the point of the view of cosmopolitanism that
differs from a traditional vision of world citizenship, and
challenges the assertion that „globalization and belonging‟ are
separate spheres. It aims to show that (dis)junction of identity in
the terms of „globalization and belonging‟ is a fluid and
continuous process of adaptation and reclamation between
different cultural communities. In other words, identity is not a
fixed signifier determined by national, ethnic or religious
boundaries. The crucial concern of this paper is the exploration of
the (dis)junction between „globalization and belonging‟, yet what
will be evident in the subsequent analysis is that the nation-states
are relevant, and often significant, factors in that relationship.
Keywords: Globalization, Belonging, Multiculturalism, Ethnicity,
Cosmopolitanism, Local, National and Global.
The crossing of disciplinary boundaries by the new humanities and the “humanities-tocome”is lumpe... more The crossing of disciplinary boundaries by the new humanities and the “humanities-tocome”is lumped as “cultural studies” in a very confused way.The term, cultural studies, wascoined by Richard Hoggart in 1964; and the movement was inaugurated by Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society (1958) and by The Uses of Literacy (1958), and it became institutionalized in the influential Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies [CCCS], founded by Hoggart in 1964. It is evident that much of what falls under cultural studies could easily be classified under various other labels such as marxism, structuralism, new historicism, feminism and postcolonialism. Since the term has become popularized, I would not focus on why it is named so. Instead, the concern of this paper is to provide a deep theoretical understanding of cultural studies. Cultural studies analyzes the social, religious, cultural, discourses and
institutions, and their role in the society. It basically aims to study the functioning of the social, economic, and political forces and power-structure that produce all forms of cultural phenomena and give them social “meanings” and significance.
Orientalism is constructed on binary polarities between the Orient and the Occident. Each
is assu... more Orientalism is constructed on binary polarities between the Orient and the Occident. Each
is assumed to exist in opposition to the other: the Orient is supposed to be everything that West is
not; its ‘alter ego’. The Orient is frequently described in a series of negative terms – irrational,
barbaric, sensual and lazy – in order to assign a sense of superiority and strength to West. Thus
Orient is represented as an unequal dichotomy between Europe and its ‘Others’; this dichotomy
is pivotal to the creation of the European culture as well as to the maintenance and extension of
European hegemony over the lands. ‘Said’s Project, say Loomba, “is to show how ‘knowledge’
about non-European was the part of the process of maintaining power over them” (Loomba:
2007, p.43). Said incorporates in the introduction to the Orientalism that the Orient has been
fundamental in the defining the West ‘as its contrasting image, idea, personality, experience’
(Said: 1978, p.2). The West comes to know itself by proclaiming via Orientalism everything it
believes it is not. As a result Said asserts that ‘European culture gained in strength and identity
by setting itself off against the Orient as a sort of surrogate and even ungrounded self’ (Said:
1978, p.3). The aim of this paper is to examine the representation of landscape in V.S. Naipaul’s
The Mimic Men and A Bend in the River, which includes geographical and emotional
cartography. In this paper, I shall provide a detailed account of orientalism, and take upThe
Mimic Men and A Bend in the Riverrespectively. Finally, I shall do a comparative investigation
of both novels.
The paper proposes to discuss the issues related to " globalization and crisis of cultural identi... more The paper proposes to discuss the issues related to " globalization and crisis of cultural identity " in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999), which describes the contemporary situation in the context of postcolonial multiculturalism. Apparently, in the scenario of globalization, there is transmission of knowledge and transportation of technology, trade, goods but the culture, tradition and identity of a particular race cannot be transported in the same manner. In The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Rushdie shows how the migrants face different types of problems in travelling and much higher in the migrated country. Vina can fly to India because of her US Passport, but within America she faces the problems like prejudice and threats to her travel. Her mother and stepfather have to secure a place in the school-bus. They explain Vina and her sister that their " darkness was not Negro darkness, they were Indians from India and didn't need to be discriminated against, they could ride on the bus along with the regular kids " (The Ground Beneath Her Feet 105).
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globalization, belonging, identity, history, and nation in terms of
citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity and gender. It will be further
addressed from the point of the view of cosmopolitanism that
differs from a traditional vision of world citizenship, and
challenges the assertion that „globalization and belonging‟ are
separate spheres. It aims to show that (dis)junction of identity in
the terms of „globalization and belonging‟ is a fluid and
continuous process of adaptation and reclamation between
different cultural communities. In other words, identity is not a
fixed signifier determined by national, ethnic or religious
boundaries. The crucial concern of this paper is the exploration of
the (dis)junction between „globalization and belonging‟, yet what
will be evident in the subsequent analysis is that the nation-states
are relevant, and often significant, factors in that relationship.
Keywords: Globalization, Belonging, Multiculturalism, Ethnicity,
Cosmopolitanism, Local, National and Global.
institutions, and their role in the society. It basically aims to study the functioning of the social, economic, and political forces and power-structure that produce all forms of cultural phenomena and give them social “meanings” and significance.
is assumed to exist in opposition to the other: the Orient is supposed to be everything that West is
not; its ‘alter ego’. The Orient is frequently described in a series of negative terms – irrational,
barbaric, sensual and lazy – in order to assign a sense of superiority and strength to West. Thus
Orient is represented as an unequal dichotomy between Europe and its ‘Others’; this dichotomy
is pivotal to the creation of the European culture as well as to the maintenance and extension of
European hegemony over the lands. ‘Said’s Project, say Loomba, “is to show how ‘knowledge’
about non-European was the part of the process of maintaining power over them” (Loomba:
2007, p.43). Said incorporates in the introduction to the Orientalism that the Orient has been
fundamental in the defining the West ‘as its contrasting image, idea, personality, experience’
(Said: 1978, p.2). The West comes to know itself by proclaiming via Orientalism everything it
believes it is not. As a result Said asserts that ‘European culture gained in strength and identity
by setting itself off against the Orient as a sort of surrogate and even ungrounded self’ (Said:
1978, p.3). The aim of this paper is to examine the representation of landscape in V.S. Naipaul’s
The Mimic Men and A Bend in the River, which includes geographical and emotional
cartography. In this paper, I shall provide a detailed account of orientalism, and take upThe
Mimic Men and A Bend in the Riverrespectively. Finally, I shall do a comparative investigation
of both novels.
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Drafts by Dr. MANJEET K R . KASHYAP
globalization, belonging, identity, history, and nation in terms of
citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity and gender. It will be further
addressed from the point of the view of cosmopolitanism that
differs from a traditional vision of world citizenship, and
challenges the assertion that „globalization and belonging‟ are
separate spheres. It aims to show that (dis)junction of identity in
the terms of „globalization and belonging‟ is a fluid and
continuous process of adaptation and reclamation between
different cultural communities. In other words, identity is not a
fixed signifier determined by national, ethnic or religious
boundaries. The crucial concern of this paper is the exploration of
the (dis)junction between „globalization and belonging‟, yet what
will be evident in the subsequent analysis is that the nation-states
are relevant, and often significant, factors in that relationship.
Keywords: Globalization, Belonging, Multiculturalism, Ethnicity,
Cosmopolitanism, Local, National and Global.
institutions, and their role in the society. It basically aims to study the functioning of the social, economic, and political forces and power-structure that produce all forms of cultural phenomena and give them social “meanings” and significance.
is assumed to exist in opposition to the other: the Orient is supposed to be everything that West is
not; its ‘alter ego’. The Orient is frequently described in a series of negative terms – irrational,
barbaric, sensual and lazy – in order to assign a sense of superiority and strength to West. Thus
Orient is represented as an unequal dichotomy between Europe and its ‘Others’; this dichotomy
is pivotal to the creation of the European culture as well as to the maintenance and extension of
European hegemony over the lands. ‘Said’s Project, say Loomba, “is to show how ‘knowledge’
about non-European was the part of the process of maintaining power over them” (Loomba:
2007, p.43). Said incorporates in the introduction to the Orientalism that the Orient has been
fundamental in the defining the West ‘as its contrasting image, idea, personality, experience’
(Said: 1978, p.2). The West comes to know itself by proclaiming via Orientalism everything it
believes it is not. As a result Said asserts that ‘European culture gained in strength and identity
by setting itself off against the Orient as a sort of surrogate and even ungrounded self’ (Said:
1978, p.3). The aim of this paper is to examine the representation of landscape in V.S. Naipaul’s
The Mimic Men and A Bend in the River, which includes geographical and emotional
cartography. In this paper, I shall provide a detailed account of orientalism, and take upThe
Mimic Men and A Bend in the Riverrespectively. Finally, I shall do a comparative investigation
of both novels.