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Hybrid Identity, In Literature Cinema and Art
National hybrid identity of cinema, art ,and literature is a very important aspect within the British society. They seek to expound on the identities certain characters exhibit and analyze them to be specific or hybrid. How is hybrid identity treated in cinema, literature and art? To expound how hybrid identity is treated in cinema, literature and art in British society, I will analyze the hybrid identity in the film “my beautiful launderette” and the novel “the Buddha of suburbia both by karesha. In addition, an analysis of peter Doig’s painting will further expound on the identity of hybrid in this form of art and how it is displayed in various characters in the cinemas and novels and in other forms of art such as paintings.
Hybridism in the film my beautiful launderette is brought out in various aspects. Omar one of the characters has an Indian father. He is attached to both British and Indian culture and as a result does not know his real identity. He is interested in the ways of his people including learning the culture of his family, the customs and origin. Concurrently, he wants to be a British working and living in Britain. in the hybrid character of Karim Amir, whose multiple and fluid identity represents a ‘new way of being British’ (Kureishi, „My Beautiful Laundrette” 18). He considers himself primarily English, but at the same time, he acknowledges a sense of cultural responsibility towards his roots and learns to accept his identity confusion and hybridism. This comes out as an identity hybrid in relation to the two cultures. Omar is both a homosexual and heterosexual in terms of sexual orientation, he debates whether to be involved in relationships with men and at the same time with women. He is uncertain of what gender to choose, he thinks, and “it is heartbreaking to have to choose one over the other [genders], like having to decide between the Beatles and the Rolling
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Date
Hybrid Identity, In Literature Cinema and Art
National hybrid identity of cinema, art ,and literature is a very important aspect within the British society. They seek to expound on the identities certain characters exhibit and analyze them to be specific or hybrid. How is hybrid identity treated in cinema, literature and art? To expound how hybrid identity is treated in cinema, literature and art in British society, I will analyze the hybrid identity in the film “my beautiful launderette” and the novel “the Buddha of suburbia both by karesha. In addition, an analysis of peter Doig’s painting will further expound on the identity of hybrid in this form of art and how it is displayed in various characters in the cinemas and novels and in other forms of art such as paintings.
Hybridism in the film my beautiful launderette is brought out in various aspects. Omar one of the characters has an Indian father. He is attached to both British and Indian culture and as a result does not know his real identity. He is interested in the ways of his people including learning the culture of his family, the customs and origin. Concurrently, he wants to be a British working and living in Britain. in the hybrid character of Karim Amir, whose multiple and fluid identity represents a ‘new way of being British’ (Kureishi, „My Beautiful Laundrette” 18). He considers himself primarily English, but at the same time, he acknowledges a sense of cultural responsibility towards his roots and learns to accept his identity confusion and hybridism. This comes out as an identity hybrid in relation to the two cultures. Omar is both a homosexual and heterosexual in terms of sexual orientation, he debates whether to be involved in relationships with men and at the same time with women. He is uncertain of what gender to choose, he thinks, and “it is heartbreaking to have to choose one over the other [genders], like having to decide between the Beatles and the Rolling