TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST STUDY OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN BRICK LANE

Abstract

This study explored the postmodern debut novel Brick Lane by Monica Ali. Under the
qualitative approach a collection of relevant literature review is explained and then the novel is
analyzed on the basis of interpretation. Furthermore, the focal point is the question of
discrimination and oppression, as these issues are related to racism. The life of immigrant
women is brought out as a significant change that helps immigrant women to construct identity.
Clash of culture, racism, ethnicity, religious differences and gender discriminations are the real
disorders of globalization that flash out as epidemics. The protagonist oscillates between the
Eastern cultural and racial perspective and more advanced and globalized atmosphere in London.
Finally, the protagonist set aside her religious, racial, cultural and postcolonial identity and
welcomes transnational identity. Monica Ali having herself a transnational identity significantly
explores and presents the difference between a developing east and the developed western
culture. The study extracted out the racial prejudices among immigrants that burst out from
religion, culture, color, class and postcolonial background in the multicultural city- London
under the theory of Chandra Talpade Mohanty. It also intends to suggest an intergenerational
platform for the conversation of feminist scholar-activists from around the world.