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The Relationship between Social Identity and Language in Postcolonial Fiction

Author(s) Dr. Umaji Ananda Patil
Country India
Abstract Language functions not only as a medium of communication but also as a site of negotiation, resistance, and self-definition in postcolonial fiction. The colonial encounter transformed language into a tool of domination, erasing indigenous voices and enforcing cultural assimilation. Yet, in the aftermath of colonialism, postcolonial writers have strategically appropriated, reshaped, and hybridized these very languages to articulate local realities and reclaim suppressed identities. This study examines the intricate interplay between social identity and linguistic expression, highlighting how postcolonial authors use language to challenge colonial hierarchies, recover cultural memory, and construct hybrid subjectivities. It further explores how linguistic practices such as code-switching, indigenization, and the insertion of oral traditions into written texts destabilize the authority of colonial languages while validating vernacular epistemologies. Drawing upon the theoretical insights of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, and Salman Rushdie, this paper underscores the centrality of language in shaping social identities in postcolonial narratives. The analysis argues that postcolonial fiction situates language as both a site of historical trauma and a reservoir of creative resistance, enabling writers to represent fractured identities, negotiate cultural hybridity, and construct alternative modes of belonging in the global literary landscape.
Keywords Postcolonial fiction, social identity, hybridity, linguistic resistance, cultural negotiation, decolonization etc.
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-21
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