Analysis of Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" Based on Homi K. Bhabha's Concept of Hybridity

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University of Kurdistan, Department of English

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In the post-colonial era, with the spread of immigration and the expansion of communication, nationalities have also become connected and people belong to several nationalities at the same time. The multiple races of this hybridity are also clearly visible. The third space (heterotopia) is the commissure of local and global cultures. Failure to resist the cultural invasion eventually leads to cultural hybridity. This descriptive-analytical research tries to expand and describe the connection between rural and urban life by using the theory of Homi K. Bhabha. The "Everyday use" short story, tells the life of a mother (Mama) and her two daughters (Dee and Maggie). One of her daughters, Dee, has been influenced by urban culture and no longer values her heritage as much as her rural family values. The aim of the research is to show the intensity and depth of this cultural hybridity. Having a non-native boyfriend, changing clothes, changing language, her views on handicrafts, and ... can be counted among the examples of disconnection from her rural culture and customs. "I could no longer bear to be named after the people who oppress me" (Walker, 16). Dee's urban thoughts prevailed over her rural beliefs and customs and defeated her past and originality.

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Literary Discourse Analysis
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
December 2023
Pages 49-70

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