2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11059-017-0387-8
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Liminality, hybridity and ‘Third Space:’ Bessie Head’s A question of power

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“…Un/learning often takes place in between communities, identities or spaces. The inbetween space, community or iden tity is regularly considered a positive, trans formative and empowering place, akin to what has been called a position or space of resistance (Riches 2011;Clark 2011), a "transformative space" (Prior and Cusack 2008), a "space of their own" (Frenkel and Wasserman 2022) or a "third space" (Moosavinia and Hosseini 2018). However, interstitial spaces can also be spaces of exposure, vulnerability and violence, which becomes explicit in Karen Turner's (2019) study on female converts to Islam in Australia.…”
Section: Approaching Gendered and Embodied Un/learningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Un/learning often takes place in between communities, identities or spaces. The inbetween space, community or iden tity is regularly considered a positive, trans formative and empowering place, akin to what has been called a position or space of resistance (Riches 2011;Clark 2011), a "transformative space" (Prior and Cusack 2008), a "space of their own" (Frenkel and Wasserman 2022) or a "third space" (Moosavinia and Hosseini 2018). However, interstitial spaces can also be spaces of exposure, vulnerability and violence, which becomes explicit in Karen Turner's (2019) study on female converts to Islam in Australia.…”
Section: Approaching Gendered and Embodied Un/learningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…He kept repeating that he could not assist on that matter because he believed his duty was to serve these men of significance and not to develop opinions on such matters. The thirdspace "blurs the limitations of existing boundaries and calls into question the established categories of culture and identity" (Moosavinia and Hosseini, 2017), so Stevens starts asking questions and understands reality. His ability to openly express emotion was his first step in resolving repressed emotions; when Miss Kenton hints about a probable life they might have had together, Stevens admits, "Indeed-why should I not admit it?-at that moment, my heart was breaking" (Ishiguro, 1989, p. 251).…”
Section: Duty Dignity and Denialmentioning
confidence: 99%