MIMICRY, HIBRIDITY AND AMBIVALENCE IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S AMERICANAH AND PURPLE HIBISCUS
Cindera Asmarawati*, Fabiola D. Kurnia**, Budi Darma*** State University of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia cinderaasmarawati@mhs.unesa.ac.id
ABSTRACT
Adichie’s novels Americanah and Purple Hibiscus both narrate the clash between western and eastern culture. This qualitative thesis is intended to describe (1) mimicry and hybridity in Americanah and Purple Hibiscus, (2) the characters’ ambivalence represented by their mimicry and hybridity. Homi K. Bhabha’s noticeable concepts of mimicry, hybridity and ambivalence in his book entitled The Location of Culture are applied in the analysis of this study to describe the main characters mimicry, hybridity and ambivalence in Americanah and Purple Hibiscus. This study reveals that; first, the main characters of Americanah and Purple Hibiscus perform mimicry, hybridity in their manners and actions. Second, ambivalence represented by the characters in both novels as a tug of war between resisting and accepting the western culture. In conclusion, the main characters’ mimicry, hybridity and ambivalence in Adichie’s Americanah and Purple Hibiscus are the results of culture clashes between western and eastern culture
Key Words: Mimicry Hybridity Ambivalence
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