Transcending Normative Labels in Diasporic Women’s Literature: From Stable Identities to Limbo Subjectivities
This article examines the shifting nature of self-identification through the analysis of the short fiction of Nalo Hopkinson and M. NourbeSe Philip. These writers stretch the identification process beyond canonical borders and appear to unsettle identity labels. Choosing unsteadiness and uncertainty...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This article examines the shifting nature of self-identification through the analysis of the short fiction of Nalo Hopkinson and M. NourbeSe Philip. These writers stretch the identification process beyond canonical borders and appear to unsettle identity labels. Choosing unsteadiness and uncertainty over stability and fixity, they turn any normative labelling upside down, thus promulgating their limbo subjectivities beyond the geographical, conceptual and ideological limits imposed by hegemonic frameworks. |
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