Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh

Manisha Kumari; Dr. Namita Singh

Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh

November 2025

Vol-11, Issue-6

Paper ID: 27691

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Research Area

English Studues and Humanities

Keywords

Cultural Negotiation Rural Modernity Narrative Realism Social Transformation Traditional Ethics Community Dynamics Power Structures Collective Memory Value Transition Literary Sociology.

Abstract

Through an understanding of Raymond Williams' cultural materialism, this research discusses Jagdish Prasad Singh's fiction, describing the interaction between emergent, dominating, and residual cultural formations in rural northern India. Singh's stories combine literature and sociology to show how local political institutions, labour dynamics, patriarchal norms, and caste hierarchies affect the lives of marginalized populations. It illustrates how rural India continues to adhere to traditional feudal customs despite the presence of modern institutions that promote development, yet often uphold injustice. Using Williams' paradigm, the study finds dominant influences that alter social structures, such as commercial agriculture and electoral politics, as well as lingering cultural components, such as ceremonial authority and caste discipline. Singh's work challenges old structures and exposes new cultural forces, such as female autonomy and educational ambitions. His notion of "structures of feeling" throws light on human identity and social developments in the face of tyranny. Ultimately, Singh's fiction serves as a cultural archive, documenting the growth of values, power structures, and social shifts in rural India.

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Author Information

#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Manisha Kumari	Department of English, Patliputra University, Patna
2	Dr. Namita Singh	Department of English, Patliputra University, Patna

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Kumari, Manisha & Singh, Dr. Namita (2025). Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 11(6), 530-535.

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Kumari, Manisha, and Dr. Namita Singh. "Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 11, no. 6, 2025, pp. 530-535.

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Manisha Kumari and Dr. Namita Singh, "Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 530-535, 2025.

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Kumari Manisha, Singh Dr. Namita. Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2025;11(6):530-535.

Harvard Style

Kumari, Manisha & Singh, Dr. Namita (2025) 'Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 11(6), pp. 530-535.

Chicago Style

Kumari, Manisha and Dr. Namita Singh. "Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 11, no. 6 (2025): 530-535.

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Kumari, Manisha and Dr. Namita Singh. "Residual and Emergent Cultures in the Fiction of Jagdish Prasad Singh." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 11, no. 6 (2025): 530-535.