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
Hauptverfasser: Nyongesa, Andrew, Makokha, Justus, Kimani, Kaigai
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Sprache:eng
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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.
ISSN:2056-5674
2056-5682
2056-5682
DOI:10.31920/2056-5682/2019/v6n1a3