The other in me: the ''in-between" identities of two immigrant autobiographers

• Author(s): Azevedo, Rui Vitorino
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/2152
• Origin: ReCiL - Repositório Científico Lusófona
• Subject(s): LINGUÍSTICA ; PÓS-COLONIALISMO; IMIGRAÇÃO; AUTOBIOGRAFIAS; LINGUISTICS; POSTCOLONIALISM; IMMIGRATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This paper looks at how two immigrant autobiographies can be read and understood from a postcolonial perspective. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical framework of Postcolonial Studies and how the presence of a hegemonic “other” can influence the formation of identity. More specifically, I will show how the culture of the “colonizer” is internalized and how the two authors assimilate the cultural dominant before immigrating.