The Namesake in the Light of Postmodernism
Abstract
Today, the world has become a small village. Development in the field of information and technology has made our world a smaller place. As a part of this change, cultural changes and cross-fertilization have become natural in the New Age or Postmodern Age. It has been aptly reflected in Jim Powell’s observation:
“An art’s brochure for almost any major university might appropriately feature a photomontage representing its season of cultural offerings from around the world. The montage might feature a female dancer with East Indian head, a male Navaho left-leg, the right hand of an Afro-American modern dancer, a torso half covered by a suit and tie, and the other half festooned with eagle feathers with one arm displaying a sacred Tibetan hand gesture, another muscled arm pounding a rhythm on a Japanese dream, and two more female arms in a lyrical dance pose from India.” (Jim Powell)
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