Problematic Hybrid Identity in the Diasporic Writings of Jhumpa Lahiri

Kuortti, Joel

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“…Nyman (2007) used the concept of hybridity in analyzing how hybrid Asian-American identity breaks the dominant discourse of fixed proper American cultural and national identity in Cynthia Kadohata's "The Floating World". Meanwhile, Kuortti (2007) analyzed "This Blessed House", Jhumpa Lahiri's short story from her short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies. "This Blessed House" presents conflicts between cultures, specifically between American and Indian cultures in the form of a married couple.…”

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Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations

Padika¹,

Novianti²,

Dallyono³

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019)

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer's novel, Child of All Nations, tells the story of Minke, an upper-class Javanese living under Dutch occupation. In this second book of the Buru Quartet series, Minke must come to terms with his allegiance and identity in the colonial world. This article examines Child of All Nations in order to reveal the portrayal of hybridity in Minke's characterization. Using Bhabha's hybridity theory (1994) and Rimmon-Kenan's character classification and characterization (2002), this study found that Minke is a hybrid character with complexity, development and open insights of his inner world. He shapes his hybridity through experience, study, and the act of accepting himself, something that is considered hard to do in the colonial era, especially for the colonized people. In this way, Minke is a unique hybrid character.

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Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations

Padika¹,

Novianti²,

Dallyono³

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019)

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“…Several authors have approached Lahiri's work in relation to the collusion of identity and space. However, only a few studies (Alfonso-Forero 2017; Caesar 2005;Farshid and Taleie 2013;Kuortti 2007;Friedman 2008) have shown an interest in the role of space addressing what transnational, hybrid, hyphen or third space means for identity negotiation and its reciprocal relationship with space, assuming an active/passive role in the conservation/subversion of meaning. To overcome this problem, this paper will attempt to build on previous knowledge and provide a more nuanced exploration of identity negotiation by documenting several key contributions made to the field (Alfonso- Over time, an extensive body of literature has considered the state of inbetweenness derived from the diasporic experience.…”

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Transnational Spaces of Identity Recognition in Jhumpa Lahiri’s "Interpreter of Maladies"

Sevilla

2019

J. engl. stud. (Logroño, internet)

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The object of this study is to explore the relation between identity and space in Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999). I will gauge how subjects adjust to their environments and to which means they resort to conserve, negate meaning. It appears that through the perusal of border consciousness subjects negotiate their identities, which leads them to understand the Other and, by extension, themselves. In fact, as the sense of belonging operates on the multi-layered and deterritorialised location of home, I will thus illustrate that whilst some subjects are hindered by forces of dislocation, cultural hybridity, others reassert a sense of transnational belonging in a third space. I shall include an introductory note on the theoretical framework and a section on food adding to the more detailed literature discussion of identity negotiation at stake.

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Lahiri's Hawthornian Roots: Art and Tradition in “Hema and Kaushik”

Bilbro

2013

Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction

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Problematic Hybrid Identity in the Diasporic Writings of Jhumpa Lahiri

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Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations

Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations

Transnational Spaces of Identity Recognition in Jhumpa Lahiri’s "Interpreter of Maladies"

Lahiri's Hawthornian Roots: Art and Tradition in “Hema and Kaushik”

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