{"product_id":"cultural-allotropy-vinay-bharat-9781482855920","title":"Cultural Allotropy: A Study Through Some Indian English Novels","description":"This research work spins around the issue of cultural allotropy, which we all have experienced at different levels; however, a conscious realization regarding it might be missing to some extent. Centuries of political intervention and subjugation by foreign countries results in the presence of a mixed culture and this side-by-side flourishing of two cultures seems now an accepted fact, a part of man's consciousness. But the presence of two contradictory sets of values-one not fully accepted and the other not totally rejected-gives rise to a difficult situation in the face of the conflicting claims of the two. This gives rise to a mixing of cultures, a blend which in other words may be called cultural allotropy-that is, existence of the culture of a particular region in two or more forms, having different and mixed properties at the emotional or intellectual level at a given point of time. Going beyond the political subjugation in the era of globalization, it has now become a matter of economic and cultural subjugation. Undoubtedly, our cultural allotropy is a byproduct of modern economic compulsions also. Through different Indian English novelists, I have tried to intrigue the issues via different portrayals and characters and finally posed a question, \"What is it to be an Indian?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vinay Bharat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1482855925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781482855920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Partridge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Vinay Bharat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087619801343,"sku":"9781482855920","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d63477de-ae04-414e-873e-981b039af0b0.jpg?v=1753850360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-allotropy-vinay-bharat-9781482855920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}