The Imperialistic Nostalgia in Jean Sasson's American Chick in Saudi Arabia: The Study of Life Narratives after September 11th
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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
This article focuses on the notion of life narrative in Sassons American Chick in Saudi Arabia (2012) and tries to elaborate the relationships between the cultural, political discourses after 9/11 and the re-emergence of life narratives through the postcolonial perspectives of Edward Said and Sidonie Smith. To this end, notions like identity and gender are studied. It is argued that the re-emergence of life narratives in the multicultural era, despite its re-defined notion of the self, can only be traced back to prevalent neo-imperialist and Islamophobic inclinations in the West after 9/11. In other words, through foregrounding the hierarchy of us vs. them, such works perpetuate the recent neo-imperialist leanings in the West. However, the articles attempt to disclose the effect of such works on the recent dissemination of Islamophobia in the West is complicated by the fact that even though Sassons representation of Saudi women would be considered to be affected by the neo-imperialist discourse, the fact, still, remains that they have been victimized by the suppressing Saudi regime.
Keywords:
life narratives , neo , imperialism , 9 , 11 , Jean Sasson , Multiculturalism
Language:
Persian
Published:
Research in Contemporary World Literature, Volume:22 Issue: 2, 2018
Pages:
445 to 469
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