Open AccessProblematizing Hybridity and Third Place in The Immigrant
Author(s) -
J Caro Velma,
Gülbadi Alan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1012/1/012062
Subject(s) - hybridity , immigration , identity (music) , sociology , westernization , gender studies , aesthetics , political science , anthropology , modernization theory , art , law
The study purveys the hybrid nature of the first generation of settlers in The Immigrant. Manju Kapur has imbibed the bourgeois characteristics in the characters like Ananda, Dr Sharma and Nina. Identity crisis, a quest for self-identity and a contrast in Indian and Canadian style of living is predominantly evidenced in the novel, which leads to the idea of third place. This paper significantly identifies an unquenchable need for third places in the immigrants. The findings are of two parts: the first part identifies the hybrid qualities of the characters and the second part of the paper spots the need for third places in the characters. Further study correlates the characteristics of the Third Places with the places found in the novel by stating those as a source of elevation from the clutches of westernisation. The amalgamation of Hybridity and ‘Third Places’ theories dissect the novel whereby justifies the title of the paper.