Open AccessHybridization in Economic Activities in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending
Author(s) -
Tingxuan Liu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
theory and practice in language studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0692
pISSN - 1799-2591
DOI - 10.17507/tpls.0907.17
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , trilogy , construct (python library) , hybridity , identity (music) , history , identification (biology) , sociology , art , aesthetics , literature , computer science , visual arts , programming language , botany , biology
Samuel Selvon (1923-1994) is a representative writer in Caribbean literature. His Moses trilogy is famous for the preoccupation with issues of identity. My paper employs Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity to construct the identification of Creoles’. From the perspective of economic, The Lonely Londoners and Moses Ascending deal with the fractured and disjointed economic activities on the Londoners and Moses’ economic life, which cover from general economic life to personal economic behavior. The hybridization of economic activities helps Creoles walk out of the tough period and be able to support themselves. It is an effective way for them to be free from colonization economically.