Identity and Culture: Postcolonial Perspectives in Select South Asian Writing
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- CSAMES
- Location
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St, Champaign, IL-61820
- Date
- Mar 31, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Kalpana RaoHulluru, Professor at the Department of English, Pondicherry (Central) University, India.
- Contact
- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- csames@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-265-5016
- Views
- 113
- Originating Calendar
- Middle East Events
This lecture debates upon the definition and function of the term, ‘identity’ and ‘culture’ leading to the argument that identity encapsulates difference while culture is a phenomenon by which decolonization occurs. The later part of the presentation reads a few select South Asian works to reveal the nature of identity and culture and the multiple levels at which it exists.