Epiphany of cultural identity and hybridity in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams
Metadatos
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Universidad de Granada
Materia
Cultural identity Hybridity Immigration Identity Cultural Barriers
Fecha
2023-05-02Referencia bibliográfica
Dr.S.Syed Shaw, J.Shameem Banu(2023). Epiphany of cultural identity and hybridity in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams.Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 14(3). 160-164[DOI: 10.47750/jett.2023.14.03.019]
Resumen
As a cultural process, hybridity binds together many nationalities and their family traditions.
Divakaruni successfully mixes the familial rituals of Asian American immigrants with the new
surroundings in that scenario. In this paper, the researcher has investigated and exposed the
manifestations of cultural identity and hybridity. This article investigates the role of immigrant
women in cultural ethics and shows how their straddled culture constrains the three cultural
identities in Divakaruni's novel Queen of Dreams: suppressed Indian, colonial European, and new
world Americans. The existence of these three cultural identities confers a diasporic identity to
Indians. These characteristics indicate their rootlessness and identification with the host country's
culture and customs. In this novel, Divakaruni has merged ancient history with the aspirations of an
occidental civilization. Rakhi speaks up against the mental anguish, cultural isolation, and identity
crisis of India's displaced people. She tries to fit in with new cultures. The idea of immigrant strife
infuses most of Divakaruni's work, a battle between acquired and accepted cultural norms.