Cultural dialogue through literature : the implications of Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity in the literature class
Other Title(s)
الحوار الثقافي عبر الأدب : آثار نظرية الهجنة الثقافية عند هومي باب
Author
Source
Journal of al-Quds Open University for Research and Studies
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 38، ج. 1 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.41-67, 27 p.
Publisher
al-Quds Open University Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Palestine (West Bank)
No. of Pages
27
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
-The present paper aspires to vindicate Homi Bhabha’s theorization of cultural hybridity and its implications in reading Western literary texts, which are not immune from imperialism and hegemony.
The act of reading is a process of cultural hybridity in which the student’s negotiation of meaning transcends the Manichean polarities us/them, Self/Other, colonizer/Colonized.
The text itself is a hybrid, nomadic, and ryizomatic world where meaning is generated out of the transaction between the student’s culture and that of the author.
The intercultural encounter results in a liminal space, which is also dubbed Third Space or interstice, which prevails over dichotomies.
The student’s cultural identity and the text’s meaning are both located in the in-between.
Of outmost significance, the paper evinces the threat of cultural assimilation when reading the theories of cultural hybridity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bellour, Layla. 2016. Cultural dialogue through literature : the implications of Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity in the literature class. Journal of al-Quds Open University for Research and Studies،Vol. 2016, no. 38، ج. 1, pp.41-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722254
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bellour, Layla. Cultural dialogue through literature : the implications of Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity in the literature class. Journal of al-Quds Open University for Research and Studies No. 38, p. 1 (Jun. 2016), pp.41-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722254
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bellour, Layla. Cultural dialogue through literature : the implications of Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity in the literature class. Journal of al-Quds Open University for Research and Studies. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 38، ج. 1, pp.41-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722254
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 65-67
Record ID
BIM-722254