scholarly journals The Narrative of Hybrid Identity in the Third Space: A Postcolonial Critique of The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moazzam Ali Malik ◽  
◽  
Shiraz Ahmed ◽  
Mr. Ehtsham
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Postcolonial Identity

The study aims at analyzing the construction and the working of hybrid identity in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The review of the literature discusses how postcolonial identity research has undergone a paradigm shift in recent times. Among the modern postcolonial critics like Bhabha (1994) and Spivak (2013), 'colonizer' and 'colonized' are dynamically dependent on each other for their subjective constructions. The identities of the 'colonizer' and the 'colonized' are not autonomous; rather, they have mutually exclusive identities—a structuralist stance taken by the earliest postcolonial theorists. Instead, such identities of 'colonizer' and 'colonized' are transcultural and fluid in nature and can negotiate themselves 'in the third space of enunciation' for 'new' forms of 'social collectives' (Bhabha, 1994). This aspect of hybrid identities provides the framework for our research. So, the study, through the textual analysis of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, has applied Bhabha's (1994) concept of 'hybridity' to unearth different aspects of Changez's identity in the wake of changing geopolitical and global scenario after the 9/11 event. The study ends on a note that there is a further need to develop the concept of hybrid identity so that it might enlighten us more about the role of 'cultural materials' in constructing such identities.

scholarly journals Living in the Third Space: A Postcolonial Study of Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
Nasar Iqbal ◽  
Abeera Shoukat ◽  
Dr. Saleem Akhtar Khan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Third ◽  
Postcolonial Study

The Postcoloniality of Pakistani Literature in English is manifest in all the works produced both by the local and the diasporic writers representing the nation. Multifarious postcolonial dimensions of these literary yields, ranging from the personal exilic agonies to the collective traumas triggered by displacement, have been explored. Among these sociocultural dimensions represented in the creative works and theorized in the critical works, the notions of the Third Space and exilic consciousness remain the central ones. Invoking Homi Bhabha’s theoretical articulations on the issue, the researchers engage with Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers for an understanding of the condition of the characters oscillating between the native and adopted cultures. This is a qualitative study and the method of textual analysis has been used. Through a thorough analysis of the text of the novel, the perplexing positionality of the characters living in the third space, as represented by Aslam, has been exposed and critiqued. To contribute to the understanding of the Pakistani diasporic community’s problem, the findings have been located in the broader cultural context.

scholarly journals Who are the citizens of the digital citizenship?

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Antonio De Moraes ◽  
Eloísa Benvenutti De Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
Cultural Globalization ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Digital Era

We live in the Digital Era, where national frontiers are vanishing. In light of cultural globalization and digital identity, a contemporary re-interpretation of classical notions like citizenship is imperative. What does it mean to be a citizen in the Digital Era? To whom can we assign digital citizenship status? In order to discuss these questions we introduce the notion of hybrid beings. Our hypothesis is that the dynamical feedback relation between the physical and digital individual’s experience promotes the embodiment of a hybrid identity from which the hybrid being emerges. It is important to stress that the hybrid identities of hybrid beings are not just alter egos or avatars created in the digital world, but that they express a new dynamic around the impossibility of distinguishing between “physical” and “digital” sides of an individuals’ actions. It is precisely because of a hybrid being’s participation in a merged physical/digital world that we believe the notion of hybrid beings is the most suitable paradigm to exemplify the role of the digital citizen and digital citizenship.

The Mental Health Interpreter

2021 ◽  
pp. 489-502
Author(s):  
Sarah Parenzo ◽  
Michal Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Mental Health Clinic ◽  
Practical Recommendation ◽  
Reflective Journal ◽  
The Third ◽  
Training And Supervision

This chapter aims to provide an interpretation of the role of the mental health interpreter, using the concept of “third space” taken from the field of cultural translation and the psychoanalytical concept of transference/counter-transference. Such interpretation provides a unique and novel analysis of the work of the mental health interpreter through the perspective of the “third space”, thus enabling a broader view of the interpreter's role in the therapeutic session. The authors' insights are based on a reflective journal written by the first author while working as an interpreter during a parental training in a public mental health clinic in Israel. By reviewing the different roles, powerplays, and challenges in this third space, the authors will suggest some practical recommendation regarding the training and supervision of mental health interpreters, allowing them to serve as competent and ethical mediators between the patient and the therapist.

HYBRIDITY, THIRD SPACES AND IDENTITIES IN URSULA LE GUIN’s VOICES

Mousaion ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Fiona Covarr
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Adolescent Readers ◽  
Western Shore ◽  
Third Spaces ◽  
University City

This article explores ideas of identity in relation to a young adult fantasy novel, Voices (2006), the second novel in Ursula Le Guin’s Annals of the Western Shore series. Voices is set in a university city, Ansul, which has been invaded by the Alds. Nine-year old Memer Galva is an Ansul citizen who results from her mother being raped by an Ald soldier. She thus has a hybrid identity, since she is neither fully Ansulian nor Ald, and must learn to integrate with the Alds. Memer’s identity is examined in relation to Bhabha’s (1994) concept of hybridity and the third space in his postcolonial work. Hybridity is the adaptation of identity to an individual’s social/political environment by either combining or rejecting elements of the cultures which constitute it. A third space is one occupied by an oppressed/colonised people which is neither central to their culture nor to their oppressors’/colonisers’ culture, but which aids them to negotiate the two. By negotiating various ‘spaces’ in their respective environments, the Ansuls are able to ‘hybridise’ themselves, and ultimately ‘outwit’ or overcome the Alds. Annals of the Western Shore is aimed at adolescent readers who occupy a ‘hybrid’ or liminal identity, being neither children nor adults. They must learn to adapt to and integrate with society as they become adults. Concepts of integration and identity are also relevant to South Africa, where there has been a need for hybridisation and movements into third spaces in order for its inhabitants to better adapt to the socio-political changes experienced in the country.

scholarly journals The formation of postcolonial theory

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lazare S. Rukundwa ◽  
Andries G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
The Third

The purpose of this article is to outline certain options and struggles, which gave rise to postcolonial theory. The author deals with various experiences of anti-slavery and anti-colonial movements in Western and tricontinental countries, comprising the development of postcolonial theory. It is argued that postcolonial theory provides a means of defiance by which any exploitative and discriminative practices, regardless of time and space, can be challenged. The article consists of a section in which terminology is clarified, secondly a discussion of the elements that functioned as justification of the formation of postcolonial theory, namely a humanitarian, economic, political, and religious justification. The role of feminism and anti-colonialism is discussed in the third instance, followed by a reflection on the concept “hybrid identities”.

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 THIRD SPACE AND THE ROLE OF BUNDO KANDUANG IN RUMAH GADANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Rosalinda Wiemar ◽  
Yasraf Amir Piliang ◽  
Deddy Wahjudi ◽  
Ruly Darmawan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Third ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Edward Soja

Minangkabau is a tribe in West Sumatra with a matrilineal kinship system, which draws lineage based on the mother's ethnicity. Therefore, women are the main characters in the tribe. Minangkabau women who are married, wise, and elder are called Bundo Kanduang, who have duties and obligations to carry out. Given the importance of the role of Bundo Kanduang, it is necessary to know how the role of Bundo Kanduang can be carried out in the Rumah Gadang, both physically/real and non-physical/imaginary. The research method used is an ethnographic method with a qualitative analysis approach using the theory of the third space from Edward Soja. Based on the analysis, it was found that the activities of Bundo Kanduang in carrying out its role have been facilitated in the Rumah Gadang, both physically and non-physically, even beyond what is known as third space.

Who are the citizens of the digital citizenship?

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Antonio De Moraes ◽  
Eloísa Benvenutti De Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
Cultural Globalization ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Digital Era

We live in the Digital Era, where national frontiers are vanishing. In light of cultural globalization and digital identity, a contemporary re-interpretation of classical notions like citizenship is imperative. What does it mean to be a citizen in the Digital Era? To whom can we assign digital citizenship status? In order to discuss these questions we introduce the notion of hybrid beings. Our hypothesis is that the dynamical feedback relation between the physical and digital individual’s experience promotes the embodiment of a hybrid identity from which the hybrid being emerges. It is important to stress that the hybrid identities of hybrid beings are not just alter egos or avatars created in the digital world, but that they express a new dynamic around the impossibility of distinguishing between “physical” and “digital” sides of an individuals’ actions. It is precisely because of a hybrid being’s participation in a merged physical/digital world that we believe the notion of hybrid beings is the most suitable paradigm to exemplify the role of the digital citizen and digital citizenship.

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