Popular Culture Review 30.2 • Summer 2019
Side 3 , Side 2 : The Beatles in Jhumpa Lahiri ’ s The Namesake
By Steven Hamelman
ABSTRACT
Jhumpa Lahiri ’ s The Namesake pivots on her Indian-American protagonist ’ s divided identity . Gogol Ganguli is caught between two cultures , one of which , the Bengali one , he rejects , partly because his parents named him after the Russian author Nikolai Gogol . Lahiri draws upon the Beatles , about whom Gogol is “ passionate ,” using the “ White Album ” and Abbey Road as reference points for Gogol ’ s conflicted identity and for the cycle of love and loss he hears expressed in their music .
Keywords : Jhumpa Lahiri , The Namesake , the Beatles , the White Album , Abbey Road , reference , allusion , intertextuality
Los Beatles en The Namesake de Jhumpa Lahiri
RESUMEN
“ The Namesake ” de Jhumpa Lahiri se trata de la identidad dividida de su protagonista indio-estadounidense . Gogol Ganguli está atrapado entre dos culturas , una de las cuales , la bengalí , él rechaza , en parte porque sus padres lo llamaron Gogol , como el autor ruso Nikolai Gogol . Lahiri recurre a los Beatles , que “ apasionan ” a Gogol , utilizando el “ White Album ” y Abbey Road como puntos de referencia para la identidad en conflicto de Gogol y para el ciclo de amor y pérdida
1 doi : 10.18278 / pcr . 30.2.2