Assilation and Resistance in Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album

Faramarz Elyasi

Vol-7,Issue-5,September - October 2022

Author: Faramarz Elyasi

Keywords: resistance, assimilation, hybridity, double-consciousness, postcolonial.

Abstract: In the present study, Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album was analyzed in the view of Bhabha’s concepts of ambivalence, assimilation, hybridity, double-consciousness, and homeliness. Shahid, a Pakistani student, constructs a hybrid identity and symbolically marries a widow lecturer who teaches postcolonial literature. On the contrary to Shahid’s views, Riaz’s group is a fundamental Islamic aggregation in 1980s London devoted to anti-racist activities while take part in book-burning and violent actions. As Bhabha theories about hybrid identity, it seems that Shahid’s assimilation into the host mainstream culture and developing a hybrid identity enfeebles colonial and imperial power more than Riaz’s group and their violent resistance against imperial power.

Article Info: Received: 19 Sep 2022; Received in revised form: 12 Oct 2022; Accepted: 16 Oct 2022; Available online: 21 Oct 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.75.29