Construction of Hybrid Identity in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1198
Author(s):  
Tingxuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Samuel Selvon ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Vivid Description

Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is an outstanding figure in Caribbean literature. His Moses trilogy is very famous because of his preoccupation with issues of identity and culture. His two representative works The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending giving a vivid description of Creole immigrants’ life in London, have a far-reaching influence on postcolonial literature. The thesis attempts to employ Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to elaborate the formation of cultural identity. The thesis consists of three parts. Part One is Introduction, which gives a brief introduction to the author, his two works, the theoretical framework. Part Two presents the dilemma in which the Creoles have to face on cultural identity. In the aspect of cultural identity, the Creoles experience the process from identical crisis to the construction of hybrid identity. Part Three is Conclusion. Based on the above analyses, the thesis draws the conclusion that different cultures can influence each other. The effective way to solve identical crisis is to build the hybrid identity.

Hybridization in Political Civilization in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006
Author(s):  
Tingxuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Samuel Selvon ◽  
Different Cultures

Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is a great pioneer in Creole literature. His writing in the Moses trilogy is very representative because of his preoccupation with issues of identity and culture. The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956, and Moses Ascending, published in 1975, are two of them. These two books telling Creole immigrants’ story have been recognized as a great masterpiece in Caribbean literature, which have a far-reaching influence on postcolonial literature. This thesis attempts to employ Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to illustrate the Creoles’ struggle against colonization and the construction of political hybridity. The thesis consists of three parts. Part One is Introduction, which presents a short introduction to the author Samuel Selvon, his two works, the theoretical framework. Part Two depicts the process of the Creoles’ struggle against colonization in political civilization. In the aspect of politics, the Creoles experience the process from unawareness of politics to pursuing their political dream. They attempt to construct their own political system on the basis of the British mode. Part Three is Conclusion. Based on the above analyses, the thesis draws the conclusion that different cultures can influence each other. The effective way to realize decolonization is the construction of political hybridity.

scholarly journals POSTCOLONIAL AESTHETICS: AFFECT, AFFECTION OR AFFECTATION?

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Faisal Nazir
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
Affective Dimension ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Deep Sense

This article analyzes the concept of postcolonial aesthetics as developed and debated by such critics as Bill Ashcroft, Elleke Boehmer and Robert Young. In particular, it critiques Ashcroft’s theorization of the postcolonial aesthetics in his article ‘Towards a Postcolonial Aesthetics’ and recommends an alternative approach to the conceptualization of postcolonial aesthetics with reference to Muhammad Hasan Askari’s essay on Ahmed Ali’s novel Twilight in Delhi. It questions Ashcroft’s emphasis on the hybrid linguistic makeup of the postcolonial text as the source of the particular aesthetic effects of the text and emphasizes the need for differentiating between affection– the writer’s deep sense of engagement with and involvement in the narrative – and affectation – a clever use of native words and expressions by the writer to authenticate his or her cultural identity – in discussing the affective dimension of a postcolonial text. The article argues that the aesthetic impact of the postcolonial text is produced by the intensity of experience and emotional involvement of the postcolonial writer (affection) as opposed to being produced by creative wordplay and mixing of local and foreign languages (affectation). Thus, the article contributes to the ongoing debates about the aesthetic dimension of postcolonial literature.

scholarly journals Hybridization in Economic Activities in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 865
Author(s):  
Tingxuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Samuel Selvon

Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is a representative writer in Caribbean literature. His Moses trilogy is famous for the preoccupation with issues of identity. My paper employs Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to construct the identification of Creoles’. From the perspective of economic, The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending deal with the fractured and disjointed economic activities on the Londoners and Moses’ economic life, which cover from general economic life to personal economic behavior. The hybridization of economic activities helps Creoles walk out of the tough period and be able to support themselves. It is an effective way for them to be free from colonization economically.

scholarly journals From the diasporic to the transnation: Catherine Temma Davidson’s The Priest Fainted

Ars Aeterna ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Kušnír
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Diasporic Identity ◽  
Conservative Values ◽  
Symbolic Formation

Abstract This paper analyses the depiction of the main female protagonists of Catherine Temma Davidson’s novel The Priest Fainted (1998) in the context of the symbolic formation of the hybrid identity of the main female character and narrator which is close to Bill Ascroft’s concept of the transnation. The author of this paper analyses Davidson’s depiction of three generations of female protagonists with a Greek cultural background and the way they symbolically represent the transition from a traditional diasporic identity (the narrator’s grandmother), through multicultural and transnational identity (her mother) up to the identity close to the concept of the transnation as defined by Bill Aschroft (the narrator herself). At the same time, the formation of such a cultural identity is understood as a symbolic formation of female independence and the rejection of a patriarchal society, religious bigotry and conservative values as represented, in the narrator’s and her mother’s view, by contemporary Greece.

scholarly journals Multicultural Education From the Position of a Dialogue Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-36
Author(s):  
Karine Yurevna Breshkovskaya ◽  
Nina Sergeevna Ezhkova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Methodological Component

The article presents a scientific analysis of the problem of multicultural education. The dialogue approach as a methodological component of modern multicultural education, based on the position of the dialogue of cultures and cultural pluralism is characterized in the article. The concept of "dialogue" is characterized as the basis for interaction, support for the subjective position of the individual, its spiritual development in the educational process, and a way to unite different cultures. Cultural identity is highlighted as a favorable factor for introducing children to the world of culture and assimilating the values of other cultures; the relationship between cultural identity and cultural diversity is revealed, as well as the possibility of using such unity in building technologies of modern multicultural education. The methodological aspects of multicultural education of preschoolers: the process of developing values in preschoolers is creation of a multicultural educational environment. The author identifies the levels of development of value concepts in preschoolers: cognitive, evaluative, and activity. The author gives a meaningful description of pedagogical work with children at each selected level, describes the leading positions that should be used in the development of children's ideas about people of other nationalities. Methods. During the study, the authors carried out a theoretical analysis of the literature on the problem. It is concluded that in the process of implementing the principle of dialogics in multicultural education, children are prepared to understand another culture, to recognize the surrounding diversity.

scholarly journals The Junction of Interior Territories:

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-149
Author(s):  
Tijen Roshko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Interdisciplinary Methodology ◽  
Principal Elements

This study focuses on the Chinese community and their shop-houses as the linking element between their unique culture and their identity within the floating village of Chong Kneas, Cambodia. The domestic built environments of the Chinese community are analysed within a theoretical framework which incorporates three principal elements, identification with space, sense of belonging, and cultural identity. This vernacular study applies interdisciplinary methodology to examine Chinese shop-house spatial development with a particular emphasis on interior territorial intersections, and also merges theoretical and experimental approaches in order to develop a deeper understanding of the junction of interior territories where the private and public realms intersect.

scholarly journals Importance of Cultural Competence in Supervisory Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-491
Author(s):  
Anu Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Supervisory Relationships ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Clinical Educators ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Different Cultures

Purpose The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of cultural competence in the area of supervision. The article uses a fictional scenario to consider the value of open conversations about cultural experiences and differences to begin a supervisory relationship. Conclusion It is important for clinical educators to be aware of their cultural identity, gather knowledge about other cultures, and develop positive attitudes about different cultures. Clinical educators should use their supervisory meetings to initiate discussions related to cultural influences and differences to ensure supervisee success.

The Discourses of Jean Rhys: Resistance, Ambivalence and Creole Indeterminacy

Jean Rhys ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Adlai Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Jean Rhys ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
Wide Sargasso Sea ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Complex Patterns ◽  
Social Separation

The complex depths of the creole figure in Caribbean literature and culture continue to demand further exploration, inflected as they are by the long and pervasive presence of colonialism in the region and its attendant corollaries of hierarchical social separation and ethnocultural difference inflected by perceptions of race. In the work of Jean Rhys, the complex patterns and performances of cultural identity that inform her multi-layered and multi-voiced narratives betray a deep-seated ambivalence towards England, the Caribbean, and their varied issues of identity. In her explorations of the various iterations and possibilities of the creole position in Voyage in the Dark and Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys compels us to confront the transactional relationship between colonizer and colonized and the uncharted variations of racial, cultural, and national identity.

Literacy and Cultural Identity

1990 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Ferdman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Literacy Acquisition ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, Bernardo Ferdman argues that cultural diversity has significant implications for the processes of becoming and being literate. He explores these connections by analyzing the relationship between literacy and cultural identity in a multiethnic society such as the United States. Ferdman asserts that literacy is culturally framed and defined; therefore,members of different cultures will differ in what they view as literate behavior. This, in turn, can influence how individuals engage in literacy acquisition and activity. He further argues that the type and content of literacy education that individuals receive can influence their cultural identity. He concludes by arguing that the connections between literacy and culture must be fully acknowledged and better understood in order to achieve the goal of literacy acquisition for all.

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