Abstract
Hybridity is an outcome of consistent movement and interaction of two different aspects of human existence. The forces of nature when confluence each other cause hybrid existence bringing the traces of both into it. It may by and large cohabit the space and time, race and culture, philosophy and religion etc. It encompasses the divergent modes of existence, thinking patterns, behavioral norms, socio-cultural ethos, political and administrative ambience. Diasporic Hybridity is pertinent discourse. It is cause of anxiety in the early stage of migrant experience whereas settling base of later stage of existence of diasporic community. Present paper is an attempt to trace the threads of looming diasporic in-betweenness as reflected in the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali.
Highlights
Hybridity is an outcome of consistent movement and interaction of two different aspects of human existence
Present paper is an attempt to trace the threads of looming diasporic in-betweenness as reflected in the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali
Homi Bhabha in The Location of Culture explained the hybridity as “... the historical movement of hybridity as camouflage, as a contesting antagonistic agency functioning in the time lag of sign/symbol, which is a space in- between the rules of engagement” (193)
Summary
Hybridity is an outcome of consistent movement and interaction of two different aspects of human existence. It may by and large cohabit the space and time, race and culture, philosophy and religion etc. It explains the changing nature of hybridity and its adjustment to the surrounding atmosphere of culture, nation, and state. It gives rise to different mixed types of cultural, educational, lingual hybridity and fractured identity in immigrants. Diaspora gives birth to this type of national hyphenated identity in the world. Radhakrishnan explained his views on hyphenated identity by giving the example of Asian- American as: When someone speaks as an Asian-American, who is exactly speaking?
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