Diaspora Reversed: A Post-Modern ‘Third Space’ in ‘The American Granddaughter’

Authors

  • Deema Ammari
  • Areej Allawzi
  • Zaydun Al-Shara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.19.1.12

Keywords:

diaspora reversed, ‘real Iraq’, Iraqi diaspora, self-narrative, ‘third space’

Abstract

This paper explores a socio-political and cultural approach to identity-formation for the Iraqi diasporic subject. Projecting diaspora as following a fixed pattern does not serve young-generation diasporists. Ultimately, the aim of this study is projected in the possibility of experiencing diaspora in reverse, particularly in the neglected younger diasporic generation, for the purpose of recreating a subjective self-narrative away from their parents' diasporic experiences. The study of diasporic-identities will be projected in Inaam Kachachi’s ‘The American Granddaughter’, with specific focus on the young protagonist as representative of diaspora in reverse. A ‘Third Framework’ will be utilized for the purpose of allowing the construction of a possible post-modern diasporic-identity, the fluidity of which crosses boundaries rather than falls under a dichotomous choice..

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Date of Publication

2019-01-01

How to Cite

Ammari, D., Allawzi , A., & Al-Shara, Z. (2019). Diaspora Reversed: A Post-Modern ‘Third Space’ in ‘The American Granddaughter’. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 19(1), 209–228. https://doi.org/10.33806/ijaes2000.19.1.12

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