The Complexities of Acculturation and Orthogonal Cultural Identification in Richard Flanagans Fiction

The book attempts to analyse and explore the implications of the cultural interaction, that occurs when the individuals or the groups of individuals from different cultures come in contact with each other, on the psyche of an individual as well as on the society as a whole. The characters of the novels of the Man Booker Prize winner Australian author Richard Flanagan are divided into various categories based on the various possible outcomes of cultural interaction. The book aims to provide solutions to the problems that arise din the ever changing cultural aspect of the contemporary society.