Cultural Subalternity: A Study of Gogu Shyama...

Cultural Subalternity: A Study of Gogu Shyamala’s Short story ‘Raw Wound’

Author Name : Sunil Kumar

Culture is one of the most comprehensive words having a vast range of issues and concerns. It has gained much popularity in recent times, be it the focus on the individual or the collective life or the appreciation of arts and artifacts. For some anthropologists, Culture is a social behavior. This Paper entitled, ‗Cultutral Subalternity: A Study of Gugu Shyamala‘s Short story Raw Wound’concentrates on various dimensions of culture in terms of subalternity, alienation, bifurcation, dissemination and ethical dilemma. In his book, Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, critic Raymond Williams reveals the panoramic view of culture: