scholarly journals Cultural Identity of the First-Generation Immigrants in Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter and Lahiri’s The Namesake

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Host Country ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Negotiation ◽  
Cultural Spaces

This article examines the problematic cultural identity of the first-generation immigrants in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter (2001) and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (2003). The immigrant characters problematize their cultural identity by oscillating in the cultural spaces of their home country and the host country. They tend to adopt new cultural identity of their host country while sustaining the old one of their home country. As a result, they negotiate their cultural identity in the shared cultural space which Homi K Bhabha terms as the third space. While analyzing the third space of cultural encounter, I refer to homeland culture as the first and the host land culture as the second cultural space of immigrants. Negotiating in the third space of the diaspora, the immigrants embody fluid and dynamic cultural identities that go beyond the binary of the host and home country. The process of the cultural negotiation of the immigrants is analyzed in the critical frame of Stuart Hall’s cultural identity and Homi Bhabha’s third space in this article.

Diasporic Subjectivities: A Study of the Second-generation Immigrant in Hiromi Goto’s Chorous of Mushrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Cultural Negotiation ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Cultural Spaces

This article analyses the formation of the hybrid and multiple subjectivities of the second-generation immigrant Murasaki in Hiromi Goto’s Chorus of Mushrooms. In diaspora, Murasaki simultaneously vacillates in the cultural spaces of her homeland Japan and host land Canada. She follows cultural practices of both cultural spaces in her cultural negotiation in the diaspora. Her simultaneous vacillations in two cultural spaces render hybridity and multiplicities in her subjectivities that deconstruct bipolar notion of home and host culture. Moreover, her subjectivities involve in a constant process of formation and reformation undermining the notion of stability and consistency.Murasaki’s evolving subjectivity is analyzed through Stuart Hall’s notion of cultural identity and Homi Bhabha’s postulation of third space in this study.

scholarly journals Diaspora and Cultural Identity: A Conceptual Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 100-108
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Third

The theorists vary in their conceptualizations of diaspora and cultural identity of immigrants. Broadly speaking, the theorizations of diaspora can be categorized into four different groups with their focus on diverse aspects of immigrants’ lives. The first classical phase describes the forced migration of immigrants including victimhood diaspora of Jewish, Africans and Armenians. The second conceptualization incorporates historical, cultural and social diversities of people living in the diaspora. Critiquing the second phase, the third group of theorists deconstructs bipolar notions of the home and host country, and celebrates the inconsistencies, and fluidities of immigrants’ identities in diasporic third space. In contrast, the fourth conceptualizations emphasizes on relevance of the origin and historical exploitation of people of poor countries. Both the historical experiences and present negotiations play decisive roles in the formation of cultural identity of immigrants.  The present article briefly reviews different conceptualizations of the diaspora and cultural identity of immigrants. 

scholarly journals POLITIK IDENTITAS DALAM PERSPEKTIF POSKOLONIAL STUDI KASUS HIP HOP DANGDUT GRUP NDX A.K.A

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Yedija Remalya Sidjabat ◽  
Vissia Ita Yulianto ◽  
Royke Bobby Koapaha
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
Identity Negotiations ◽  
The Third ◽  
Pros And Cons

Hip hop dangdut is music identity of NDX A.K.A group. Hip hop dangdut that became popular in society also bring the pros and cons for some groups. Political identity in this research investigates background in choosing music dangdut and hip hop that integrated in NDX’s songs. Political identity used to see the factor that played a role in  formation of hip hop dangdut, but not fully realized by NDX group. Political identity in  formation of hip hop dangdut then analyzed in textual and contextual to answer the contestation of hip hop dangdut in postcolonial perspective. The concept postcolonial in this research is criticized dominance or the form of leadership culture (hegemony) conducted by capitalists. Hip hop dangdut formed because of the hegemony of media in popularizing hip hop that occurs massively. Contestation on hip hop dangdut identity is analyzed using the concept of mimicry and hybridity to see ‘in-between’ space or third space that can be described the position of hip hop dangdut. Negotiations between hip hop and dangdut is a form of hybridity that takes place in ambivalence, which is mimicking and mocking, and not entirely subordinated to the cultural discrimination that occurs to the strategy of globalization. The performance and NDX music that performed on stage shows the cultural identity negotiations between hip hop and dangdut that formed in the third space.

scholarly journals The Third Space Formation Of Hindu In Sidoarjo

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Siti Alif Ulfah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
Creative Power ◽  
The Third

This research discusses the formation of the third space and articulation of the cultural identity of Hindus in Sidoarjo. There are social restrictions related to religious articulation and it is important that this minority group tries to represent their identity as Hindus in Sidoarjo. This issue is studied using the theory of the third space (space in between) from Homi K. Bhabha. The above problems are discussed through ethnographic research methods. The research approach is qualitative and uses a post-colonial perspective. The data collection method in this research is purposive, technique with observation, interviews, and documentation. The result of this research is that Hindu identity interprets and articulates its own identity. Through the setting and image of Sidoarjo regency, there are categories of Sidoarjo Hindus. This category is divided into three parts, namely Hinduism from Sidoarjo, Hinduism from outside Sidoarjo, and Hinduism from Bali. although there is a mixture of the three, they develop strategies in dealing with the dominant discourse in Sidoarjo. Their way of dealing with the dominant discourse is by developing a third spatial formation shaped administratively and militaristically, social codes and networks and through "ogoh - ogoh". The third space for Hindus in Sidoarjo is that they are productive, dynamic, and negotiate. Therefore, they voice their identity through ideas, strategies, and creative power.

Serving Multicultural Elders: Recommendations for Helping Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary N. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Old Age ◽  
First Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Helping Professionals ◽  
American Population ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Demographic Patterns

As demographic patterns shift in the United States, helping professionals are likely to see more clients of color, including those who are first-generation immigrants. Additionally, given the aging of the American population, helping professionals are likely to encounter more elderly clients and their families. It is crucial that helping professionals be prepared to respond to elders from various cultural populations in effective and respectful ways. This article gives an overview of how old age may interact with cultural identity. This information can be useful for professionals in many different settings working with elders from various cultural backgrounds.

Language Proficiency, Use, and Maintenance among People with Vietnamese Heritage Living in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharynne McLeod ◽  
Sarah Verdon ◽  
Cen Wang ◽  
Van H. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Language ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
The Us ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
Older Siblings

Multilingualism provides cultural, economic and social benefits to individuals and societies. Many people with Vietnamese heritage have migrated to English-speaking countries such as Australia, Canada and the US. This study describes language proficiency, use and maintenance of 271 adults with Vietnamese heritage living across Australia. The majority were first-generation immigrants (76.6%), spoke Vietnamese as their first language (94.3%), and indicated Vietnamese was their most proficient language (78.5%). The majority were more likely to use Vietnamese (than English) with their mother, father, older siblings, Vietnamese-speaking grandparents, relatives in Vietnam, and Vietnamese friends. They used English and Vietnamese with their partners, children, younger siblings and English-speaking grandparents. They were more likely to speak English when working, studying and watching TV, but used English and Vietnamese equally on social media. The most important reasons for maintaining Vietnamese were: maintaining bonds with relatives, maintaining Vietnamese cultural identity, and building friendships.

scholarly journals Constructing “The Third Space” On Eat a Bowl of Tea

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Lingmin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
American Literature ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Negotiation ◽  
Critical Theories ◽  
The One ◽  
Chinese American Literature ◽  
Homogeneous Culture

Identity construction is always the motif of Chinese American literature. Many critical theories are adopted to analyze this issue. Homi K. Bhabha’s “the third space” is one of them. It refers to a place where it is not a combination of different positions, rather, it is “neither the One nor the Other but something else besides”. Eat a Bowl of Tea by Chinese American writer Louis Chu presents such Third Space. This paper first discusses the homogeneous old Chinatown culture which is patriarchal and impotent in Eat a Bowl of Tea and explains how Mei Oi causes the cultural split from this homogeneous culture by her independence and adultery. And then this paper discusses how the old Chinatown undergoes the cultural negotiation and finally realize its transformation. This paper points out that in this process of transformation, the characters construct their Third Space, which offers them hybrid identity and the sense of belonging.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Various Networks in Transnational Entrepreneurship and Study on Negative Factors to Enterprise among Immigrant Indian Entrepreneurs in UK - a Working Paper

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.10) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
N. Gangadhar ◽  
B. M. Manohar
Keyword(s):  
Host Country ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Trading Relation ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Transnational Entrepreneurship ◽  
Negative Factors

Transnational entrepreneurship has attracted a lot of interest from scholars around the world. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that affect the internationalization of emerging transnational entrepreneurs in UK. This paper has considered only the entrepreneurs who are first generation immigration entrepreneurs who maintain business base in their home country and established a trading relation in the host country.  The study focuses on the field of transnational entrepreneurship by proposing an exploratory study on Transnational Enterprise by defining the importance or relevance of different kinds of networks and also to explore the possibilities of negative factors such as bad experiences, dissatisfaction or negative perceptions of their host country, to be an inspiration to venture into transnational entrepreneurship. 

scholarly journals “Musicalized identities”: South Asian musical Third Space of Enunciation in Britain

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-95
Author(s):  
Hassen Zriba
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Third Space ◽  
British Society ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Expressions

Within a multicultural society like Britain, cultural identity has become a pivotal concern for the nation’s various ethnic minorities. South Asian minorities, notably, the third generation, have adopted different strategies of integration within the mainstream British society while attempting to preserve their cultural idiosyncrasies. South Asian identities or what can be generally called “Asianness” manifested themselves in different socio-cultural expressions. Music has been one of those media of cultural and identity expressions. This article argues that music can be deemed as a “Third Space of Enunciation” for the new generations of ethnic minorities in general and South Asian ones in particular. Ethnic or “ethnicized” music seemed to proffer new horizons and possibilities of articulations for British ethnic minorities. By analysing some contemporary British South Asian musical outputs, we attempt to show how fusion-based and hybrid music was a strategy to mobilize dominant British musical discourses to fight against racism and celebrate cultural identity within the context of multicultural Britain.

scholarly journals The Cultural Negotiation: A Shift of Paradigm between First and Second Generation Immigrants in Lahiri’s The Namesake

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-98
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Cultural Negotiation ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
First And Second Generation

Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake explores the cultural negotiation of first and second generation Indian immigrants in America. They oscillate between two cultural spaces i.e. Indian and American searching cultural identity. This study makes an attempt to analyze the paradigm shift between the first and second generations in their cultural negotiation. Their experience of identity crisis, the process of assimilation in the host culture, the deculturation and acculturation processes, the reactions to the discriminatory practices and sense of belonging are examined. They are analyzed by using the theoretical concepts of Hall’s cultural identity and Bhabha’s third space. The cultural negotiation experienced by these two generations in diasporic hybrid cultural space renders fluid and unstable cultural identity. However, the differing approaches adopted by these two generations in their cultural negotiation results in diverse experiences.

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