Hybridity and fixity : modes of resistance in Safi Abdi’s Offspring of Paradise and A Mighty Collision of Two Worlds
Immigrants who arrive in foreign countries choose various ethnic identities to coexist with and/or resist domination by the host majority. Social scientists distinguish ethnic identity from ethnicity; they postulate that the former can change according to the immigrant’s environment and the choices...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Somali Studies 2019-06, Vol.6 (1), p.71-91 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Immigrants who arrive in foreign countries choose various ethnic identities to coexist with and/or resist domination by the host majority. Social scientists distinguish ethnic identity from ethnicity; they postulate that the former can change according to the immigrant’s environment and the choices he or she makes, while the latter is fixed, given its inherent determinants. |
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ISSN: | 2056-5674 2056-5682 2056-5682 |
DOI: | 10.31920/2056-5682/2019/v6n1a3 |