• AnoopamaYadav
• Dr. Tamishra Swain

There is a constant diffusion of language, race and culture in today’s world. More and more people from developing countries are migrating to the developed countries for the advancement and for a better livelihood. In the present scenario, it becomes inevitable for writers from developing countries to portray the dilemma these people face due to differences in social values and belief system. Impact of dominating culture of America on the social values of people belonging to Pakistan is projected by Bapsi Sidhwa in ‘An American Brat’. Experiences of a Pakistani Parsee girl named Feroza is uncovered in this novel. To change her puratinical outlook, she is moved to America by her parents. The life style of woman following tradition and social values in her married life and a self-standing woman, who develops her own criteria after assimilation in American culture is discussed. In this paper, the impact of conflict in social values among different characters is also covered. The root of the problem is studied in light of the essay ‘Can The Subaltern Speak?’ given by Postcolonial theorist Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak. The concluding part alludes the feminist self-affirmation.

Social Values, Belief System, Parsee Community, Conflict, Traditional Culture, Modern, Subaltern, Feminist.

"Bapsi Sidhwa’s An American Brat: A Study of Conflicting Social Values", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.9-14, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905N02.pdf

"Bapsi Sidhwa’s An American Brat: A Study of Conflicting Social Values", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp9-14, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905N02.pdf