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DISSIMILAR CULTURAL PATTERNS AND HYBRID IDENTITIES IN JAMIL AHMED'S SELECTED LITERARY FICTION
Corresponding Author(s) : Hassan Bin Zubair
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): May
Abstract
Purpose of the Study: The present research discusses shifting cultural location renders a hybrid identification in Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon. In having readjustment in a new location, a person imitates a way of living, ultimately redefining one's identity.
Methodology: The novel projects the pivotal character Tor Baz as a displaced person who adopts Mullah tribal culture to adjust to a new situation. As Bhabha's notion about hybrid identity shows, modern cultural locations are being formed where a person influences different cultural patterns.
Main Findings: Culture remains an inseparable factor in human beings, and every being belongs to a particular cultural identity. While shifting cultural locations, a person has to change the way of living in which the person faces dilemmatic as well as physical and psychological crises.
Application of the Study: The study contributes to the field of research in hybrid identification and cultural identities.
Novelty/originality of this Study: Culture remains an inseparable factor in human beings and every being belongs to a particular cultural identity. The originality of the research is that it studies the shift of cultural locations; a person has to change the way of living in which the person faces dilemmatic as well as physical and psychological crises.
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- Ahmad, J. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. New Delhi: Penguin Group.
- Anderson, D. (1971). 'Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi' in Mahfil. Journal of South Asian Literature, 7(1& 2), 81-86.
- Ashcroft, B, et al. (1995). The Post-colonial Studies Reader 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge.
- Baabar, M. (2011). Islamabad. International The News. (May 2 2011).
- Bhabha, H. K. (1994). The Location of Culture. London: Routledge.
- Bose, P.(2008). Home and Away: Diasporas, Developments and Displacements in a Globalising World. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 29(1), 111-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860701759964 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860701759964
- Cheuse, A. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. Book Reviews (September 27, 2011), 1-3.
- Desai, G. (2005). Edward Said, Area Studies and Postcoloniality. Rethinking Modernity Ed. Santosh Gupta, Prafulla C.Kar and Parul Dave Mukherji. NewDelhi: Pencraft, 90-98.
- EspÃn, O. (2006). Gender, Sexuality, Language, and Migration. Ed. Ramaswami Mahalingam. Cultural Psychology of Immigrants. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 241-258.
- Hall, S. (1997). Cultural Identity and Diaspora. Contemporary Post-colonial Theory. A Reader. Ed. Padmini Moniga, Delhi: OUP, 110-21.
- Hoogvelt, A. (1997). Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25671-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25671-6
- Jenning, G. (2012). The Land of Blood and Stones: Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon.Youth Ki Awaazon. (March 12 2012). 180-185.
- Kaiser, R. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. Books Review, 243-244.
- Kaleta, K. (1998). Hanif Kureishi: Post-colonial Storyteller. Austin: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/743328 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7560/743328
- Khan, S. (2002). Aversion and Desire: Negotiating Muslim Female Identity in the Diaspora.Toronto: Women's Press.
- Khan, A. M., Ullah, M., Usman, A., Malik, A. H., Khan, K. M. (2020). Impact of covid-19 on the global economy. International Journal of Management, 11(8), 956-969
- Lau, L. (2005). Making the Difference: The Differing Presentations and Representations ofSouth Asiain the Contemporary Fiction of Home and Diasporic South Asian Women Writers. Modern Asian Studies, 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X0400143X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X0400143X
- Levitt, P., DeWind, J., & Vertovec, S. (2005). International Perspectives on TransnationalMigration: An Introduction. International Migration Review, 37, 565-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00150.x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00150.x
- Rath, S. (2003). Home(s) Abroad: Diasporic identities in Third space. Kar, Praffulla C., Kailash C.Baral and Sura P. Rath. Theory and Praxis Curriculum, culture and English studies. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 5-9.
- Sahoo, A. (2006). Issues of Identity in the Indian Diaspora: A Transnational Perspective. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1163/156915006777354482 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156915006777354482
- Thiongo, N. W. (1981). Writers in Politics. London: Heinemann Educational Publishers.
- Ullah, M. (2020). Women Empowerment and Social Development in Afghanistan through Micro Finance. International Journal of Academic Research in business and Social Sciences, 10(12), 377-389. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i12/8324 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i12/8324
- Young, R. (1995). The Cultural Politics of Hybridity. Colonial Desire. London: Routledge, 643-645.
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Ahmad, J. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. New Delhi: Penguin Group.
Anderson, D. (1971). 'Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi' in Mahfil. Journal of South Asian Literature, 7(1& 2), 81-86.
Ashcroft, B, et al. (1995). The Post-colonial Studies Reader 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge.
Baabar, M. (2011). Islamabad. International The News. (May 2 2011).
Bhabha, H. K. (1994). The Location of Culture. London: Routledge.
Bose, P.(2008). Home and Away: Diasporas, Developments and Displacements in a Globalising World. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 29(1), 111-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860701759964 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860701759964
Cheuse, A. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. Book Reviews (September 27, 2011), 1-3.
Desai, G. (2005). Edward Said, Area Studies and Postcoloniality. Rethinking Modernity Ed. Santosh Gupta, Prafulla C.Kar and Parul Dave Mukherji. NewDelhi: Pencraft, 90-98.
EspÃn, O. (2006). Gender, Sexuality, Language, and Migration. Ed. Ramaswami Mahalingam. Cultural Psychology of Immigrants. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 241-258.
Hall, S. (1997). Cultural Identity and Diaspora. Contemporary Post-colonial Theory. A Reader. Ed. Padmini Moniga, Delhi: OUP, 110-21.
Hoogvelt, A. (1997). Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25671-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25671-6
Jenning, G. (2012). The Land of Blood and Stones: Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon.Youth Ki Awaazon. (March 12 2012). 180-185.
Kaiser, R. (2011). The Wandering Falcon. Books Review, 243-244.
Kaleta, K. (1998). Hanif Kureishi: Post-colonial Storyteller. Austin: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/743328 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7560/743328
Khan, S. (2002). Aversion and Desire: Negotiating Muslim Female Identity in the Diaspora.Toronto: Women's Press.
Khan, A. M., Ullah, M., Usman, A., Malik, A. H., Khan, K. M. (2020). Impact of covid-19 on the global economy. International Journal of Management, 11(8), 956-969
Lau, L. (2005). Making the Difference: The Differing Presentations and Representations ofSouth Asiain the Contemporary Fiction of Home and Diasporic South Asian Women Writers. Modern Asian Studies, 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X0400143X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X0400143X
Levitt, P., DeWind, J., & Vertovec, S. (2005). International Perspectives on TransnationalMigration: An Introduction. International Migration Review, 37, 565-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00150.x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00150.x
Rath, S. (2003). Home(s) Abroad: Diasporic identities in Third space. Kar, Praffulla C., Kailash C.Baral and Sura P. Rath. Theory and Praxis Curriculum, culture and English studies. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 5-9.
Sahoo, A. (2006). Issues of Identity in the Indian Diaspora: A Transnational Perspective. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1163/156915006777354482 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156915006777354482
Thiongo, N. W. (1981). Writers in Politics. London: Heinemann Educational Publishers.
Ullah, M. (2020). Women Empowerment and Social Development in Afghanistan through Micro Finance. International Journal of Academic Research in business and Social Sciences, 10(12), 377-389. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i12/8324 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i12/8324
Young, R. (1995). The Cultural Politics of Hybridity. Colonial Desire. London: Routledge, 643-645.