Struktura obiektu

Autor:

Filipczak, Iwona

Współtwórca:

Łobodziec, Agnieszka - red. nauk. ; Filipczak, Iwona - red. nauk.

Tytuł:

Out of the margins: negotiating American identities in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni`s "The Mistress of Spices"

Tytuł publikacji grupowej:

Scripta Humana, 7

Temat i słowa kluczowe:

Asian American fiction ; hybrid identity ; authenticity ; diaspora

Abstract:

The aim of the article is to discuss the discourse of hybridity employed in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni`s "The Mistress of Spices". It is argued that under the veneer of exoticism (otherness created by culinary images, magic, and cross-cultural desire) the novel displays political engagement: it destabilizes mainstream categories such as white/black, authentic/ inauthentic, American/un-American, introduces ambiguity and ultimately challenges the center/periphery paradigm . ; The nation`s margins, represented by an immigrant from the Indian subcontinent and a half-Native American, display a creative potential of dismantling exclusionary narratives of the nation (Bhabha) . Accordingly, the novel can be read as Divakaruni`s attempt to show the complicated cross-cultural relations in America, thus indicating the need of constant renegotiation of American identity without a discernible center and periphery .

Wydawca:

Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego

Data wydania:

2016

Typ zasobu:

rozdział w książce

Format:

application/pdf

DOI:

10.59444/2016SERredLob_Fil3r4

Strony:

53-63

Źródło:

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego: Seria Scripta Humana, tom 7

Jezyk:

eng

Prawa do dysponowania publikacją:

Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego