Caught Between Two Worlds
Caught Between Two Worlds
Dátum
2013-07-03T14:42:23Z
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Pataki, Éva
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Absztrakt
In this paper I intend to provide an insight into the current position and state of mind
of British Asians through three landmark novels of the contemporary British Asian writers
Hanif Kureish, Zadie Smith and Monica Ali. After a theoretical introduction to key terms
such as cultural identity, hybridity and multiculturalism, this paper will outline the position
and problems of British Asians in Great Britain and their manifestation in arts. The second
section will cover South Asian literature on migration, assimilation and identity, followed by
an introduction to the life and works of Kureishi, Smith and Ali, in terms of their experiences
of being ’other’, motivations to write about as well as their thoughts on immigrant issues and
the introduction of the three novels I chose to represent the confusion of cultural identity of
British Asians in contemporary British literature: The Buddha of Suburbia, White Teeth, and
Brick Lane. Finally, the third section will concentrate on the characters of the three novels,
classified according to generations and gender, starting with the analysis of the first and second generation, followed by British Asian women. In conclusion, I will present how
several contemporary writers and scholars tend to accept hybridity as a phenomenon of
cultural identity and a possible answer to the confusion of cultural identity, and how
multiculturalism can be a new hope for immigrants and natives alike for the new millennium.
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Kulcsszavak
hybridity, cultural identity, multiculturalism, South Asian diaspora