Sökning: "Homi Bhaba"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Homi Bhaba.

  1. 1. Navigating the Contradictions of Colonial Citizenship : A Study of Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease Focused on Mr Green and Obi Okonkwo

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Cecilia Carlsson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :postcolonial; Homi Bhaba; ambivalence; hybridity; mimicry; mockery; contact zone; power-imbalance; ‘The White Man’s Burden’; internalised oppression;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies Chinua Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease from a postcolonial perspective, specifically concentrating on its protagonist, the colonized Obi Okonkwo, and his antagonist, the colonizer Mr Green, using the theories of the literary critic Homi Bhabha. It argues that these two characters are hybrids in their ambivalent contact zone by demonstrating firstly, the coinciding presence of reciprocal feelings of sympathy/admiration and contempt, and secondly, that they are culturally cross-bred individuals. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Construction of Identity in Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones

    Master-uppsats, Engelska

    Författare :Mohammad Wahidul Islam; [2009]
    Nyckelord :identity beyond border; post-colonial identity; being border-line therapist; bridging social gaps; Danticat; Homi.K Bhaba; etc;

    Sammanfattning : The Farming of Bones deals with issues surrounding the dynamic connections between identity and boundary construction in post-colonial context. It will present an analysis of how the novelist problematizes and communicates her idea of social and national identity construction to her readers and how the readers can identify themselves with the struggles and challenges of the protagonist Amabelle who is trying to find her own identity. LÄS MER