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Cultural Hybridity and Fixity : Strategies of Resistance in Migration Literatures.
Immigrants who travel and settle in foreign countries face challenges due to cultural differences or even deliberate segregation by dominant groups. In their attempt to negotiate their existence, some decide to stick to the culture of their mother nations and some stand in the middle, and blend some...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Contents; ABSTRACT; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS; CHAPTER ONE
- Purpose, Scope and Context of the Study; Introduction; A Historical Background to Somali Migration; 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; 1.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS; 1.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS; 1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY; 1.6 THE SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY; 1.7 LITERATURE REVIEW; 1.8 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; 1.9 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; CHAPTER TWO
- Characterization and Author's Concerns; 2.1 Safi Abdi's Concerns
- 2.2 Thematic Relevance to Migration Literature2.3 Abdi's Representation; 2.4 Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE
- Cultural Hybridity and Identity Formation; Introduction; 3.1 The Impact of Western Culture on the Characters' Identity; 3.2 Hybrid Identities in Abdi's Fiction; 3.3 Hybrid Identities and the Dominant Group; 3.4 Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR
- Hybridity and Fixity as Modes of Resistance; Introduction; 4.1 Relapse to Cultural Fixity and the Shift in Relationships; 4.2 Fixed Identities and the Dominant Group; 4.3 Fixity and Hybridity, a Side by Side Comparison
- 4.4 Evaluation of Fixity and Hybridity as Strategies of Resistance4.5 Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE
- Summary and Conclusions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Research Findings; Works Cited; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; APPENDIX 3; Back cover