Łobodziec, Agnieszka - red. nauk. ; Filipczak, Iwona - red. nauk.
The aim of the article is to discuss the discourse of hybridity employed in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni`s "The Mistress of Spices". It is argued that under the veneer of exoticism (otherness created by culinary images, magic, and cross-cultural desire) the novel displays political engagement: it destabilizes mainstream categories such as white/black, authentic/ inauthentic, American/un-American, introduces ambiguity and ultimately challenges the center/periphery paradigm . ; The nation`s margins, represented by an immigrant from the Indian subcontinent and a half-Native American, display a creative potential of dismantling exclusionary narratives of the nation (Bhabha) . Accordingly, the novel can be read as Divakaruni`s attempt to show the complicated cross-cultural relations in America, thus indicating the need of constant renegotiation of American identity without a discernible center and periphery .
Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego: Seria Scripta Humana, tom 7
Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
2024-02-19
2022-04-05
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https://zbc.uz.zgora.pl/repozytorium/publication/67609
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Out of the margins: negotiating American identities in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni`s "The Mistress of Spices" | 2024-02-19 |
Filipczak, Iwona Łobodziec, Agnieszka - red. nauk. Fondo, Blossom N. - red. nauk.
Dąbrowska, Dorota Sztyber, Radosław - red. nacz.
Tanajyan, Lusine Nowak, Beata Maria - red. Paprzycka, Emilia - red. Narkiewicz-Niedbalec, Ewa - red.
Filipczak, Iwona Mobley, Agnieszka - red. nauk. Fondo, Blossom N. - red. nauk. Filipczak, Iwona - red. nauk.
Dudra, Stefan Iwanek, Jan - red. Tarnawski, Eduard - red.
Tyda, Arkadiusz
Gold, Steven J.
Nersisyan, Sona Nowak, Beata Maria - red. Paprzycka, Emilia - red. Narkiewicz-Niedbalec, Ewa - red.