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<p>The article continues my former analysis of “Social Identity in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine”, focusing on new aspects related to the characters’ multiple identities and how different factors (religion, race and ethnicity, customs and beliefs) shape these identities. It highlights Mukherjee’s deviation from postcolonial and diasporic literature. In fashioning new identities, unlike the postcolonial lament for lost origins, Mukherjee argues for the optimism of the immigrant experience, in which the characters are both victims and survivors. Immigration, in her view, unfetters positive energies in the process of transformation. This positive attitude makes her characters oscillate between names and social identities, which seems to be the only way of entering and adapting to this new and unfamiliar world. ‘Home’ becomes a fluid notion, which is negotiated by her characters, a possibility you can define wherever you can feel at home. Binary –old and new- customs, traditions, and beliefs co-exist and negotiate the characters’ cultural conflicts in a flexible manner.</p>
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The article continues my former analysis of “Social Identity in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine”, focusing on new aspects related to the characters’ multiple identities and how different factors (religion, race and ethnicity, customs and beliefs) shape these identities. It highlights Mukherjee’s deviation from postcolonial and diasporic literature. In fashioning new identities, unlike the postcolonial lament for lost origins, Mukherjee argues for the optimism of the immigrant experience, in which the characters are both victims and survivors. Immigration, in her view, unfetters positive energies in the process of transformation. This positive attitude makes her characters oscillate between names and social identities, which seems to be the only way of entering and adapting to this new and unfamiliar world. ‘Home’ becomes a fluid notion, which is negotiated by her characters, a possibility you can define wherever you can feel at home. Binary –old and new- customs, traditions, and beliefs co-exist and negotiate the characters’ cultural conflicts in a flexible manner.

Multiple Identities and Emerging Selves in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine

Assoc. Prof., PhD., ‘G.E. Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

MA student, ‘G.E. Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

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The article continues my former analysis of “Social Identity in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine”, focusing on new aspects related to the characters’ multiple...

Multiple Identities and Emerging Selves in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine

Data publikacji: 01 lut 2023

Zakres stron: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0008

Słowa kluczowe
multiple identities, emerging selves, fluid identity, cultural negotiators, the immigrant experience

© 2022 Smaranda Ștefanovici et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Multiple Identities and Emerging Selves in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine

Data publikacji: 01 lut 2023

Zakres stron: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0008

Słowa kluczowemultiple identities, emerging selves, fluid identity, cultural negotiators, the immigrant experience

© 2022 Smaranda Ștefanovici et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
multiple identities, emerging selves, fluid identity, cultural negotiators, the immigrant experience