THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY AS THE IMPACT OF HYBRIDITY OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ENGLAND AS REFLECTED IN HANIF KUREISHI'S THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA.

(1)

The

Cftis

of

ldentity

.s

lbe

lmpaci

ol

Hybridity

ofl.dilD

ImfrieraDts

tu EDsland As Reflected tu

HitrifKtr.eislit

A Th€sis

suboitted in Pr.li2l Fnllillncnt to the Requir€nenl

Ihe

Auddhd

ofSubutbiu

For th. D.gre

DfS.rj'nt

salrr

By:

YT]LINA SUSAN

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ABSTRAK

Pmulis dalam

pfl€liiir.

ini ncnbedah peMmpum budlya

sllu

hibndid

budly! hibnd

ddm

kodunies imigEn India di Inggris

dald

no\et Ihe Ruddh.

ol

S!r,ri,

lrrya

Hmil KuFishi Aspel lspek kulturd

uha

yanE diu4kap dalm Fnelilian

ini

lerklil

dcngm mdalah Saya hidup

du

doPal

hibriditi renebur

biadlp

id€nribs ndioml

ndyaald

lndia di lnggris.

Pdtrlis

menssuskt

kajit.

poskolonial _taitu

lmn

hibddni

dd

oimiki

d,lm

p€ndekalan

ninetik.

Penclilie

i.i

mens€usko metode klalilaril dalm

plws

alis

dd4

dan

n€nffuako

nebde

krji&

puslaka dalam proses

H6il

analisis menunjukkr b.hwa

kei.tes5.

imis@ India ke

In$6

padd alsd

kel9

nenb€ri dampak pad! lahimya budala bdu

di

lneErG, yoitu budaya

@putu

dlam

budoya India

dd

In8€!is.

Hib.idili

diawali densan minikri

(meniru),

tdg

mana

inisd

l.di.

nelihal buda'€

bm

(Westem), kemudid

menirudya dm menenpkM.ya knpa menin€isalko budsya

dli

n@kt

Hibtiditi

(Fffiptrm

budayo) y@g

dj.di

d; Ingsris yans jusa ler$mbd dd@ novel, bisa dilihar

d{i

_{saya hidup}

dd

pendidik n. (onetuensi

do

p€MdPum budaya

el!rc

rnssris

dd

lndia {tahn r6jani.}€ kisis idendras, abu

kemod

idc.lilas seFrli

yas t

mpal

jel6

p.da lokoh

Kdin

dd

Jadilr tertail dcn3o _3F)€hidup

dd

Fldidi*m

m€eka Knsis ide.tiras

leebul

menyebabta

Kem

dM

Jmila

mcu

ala

idenli&s

n

ional

mwta.

Pada athimy"

Kdd

dedutusk& untuk menerim!

buda)€ Inggris, nmolak blday2

eu

adai

iei.dot lndi.,

ale

leloti

ia lelat

nemp.d.hdte

idemiras ndional.ya

eb.3ai

od8

Indie

Jmila mnutusrd

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CHA?TER

I

INTROI]UCTION

ir poinN rhcwat rorvard: apo$ible $udy ofthe effectofcolonirlism _{2002:23).lr shows that postcokJniai lnemture nol only Jrudiet thc

lileiry

*ork

nscll bul aho

!.rs anr ancntion lo the imp.ctoicoloni.lkn.

1.1 Th€ Brc*ground of the Research

Ih.

coloniT:tion donc by arltlslr limpire had ftndertJ rhd grad0al cllccb

in ex colonies. lr did not only innrence rhe dcvclopmcnls olcconomic and polilic,

b

sinul&neouslviltosllrcdinemeqlenceofrneskindollitcmturc,th.twcqll ir

den. Poscolonial literiture. Postolonial lileEtuE

cs

be

srea

zed rs rhe resuh olrhe interacti.. bcNcen inne'irl

rlrure

&d tuc.omplcr colonial culluE shen

the colonizer $mes to the coloniTed couity. Ashfion, Ctiffith lnd

Tifin

in rhen

B..k

Th. Enpne

hites

Ba.k: lh(aD

arl

Plactice in

Prd.'

sa€s. _...thcterms posrcolonixl lircmturc' frnelly prefered

""-As also suppoded by Po(er

in

1-t?/,O

nkotr:

R.!..tch

TraininA .V,1,/. X/ rhat pos colonialGm atlecks ihe srme ideas whee thc, bavc gilen rise

!o and ju$ified westem imperialism (1993:43). Thcn. poscoloniai

d

a ne* 1en

boomcs very _l)opulrand is discussed in lirerary works in which n comems on colonialkm Actuillv. s.mc aspecB

of

Do$ colonialirm

l{rk

ar tho idcntirics in

(4)

ODe

ol

postcobnial

sudt

dlscused about

lhe

hsue

!l

idenrn!

s

'' thar b€conc popular discussion amons ressrch€* We ca. lcarn thal

,aF,-rcnu 1-..h.e ll-- .. d' ' ..d b ..'3p

.-rll.nial^n

rhat lhe crucial fdcus is about hybridily I am inrerened in conduciinA

iisle&.hbccause

I see there lsa solid pmblem tirat occuF alter the colodiation.

sicularly

iD culture. k h only s[owing

t*o

cultures

$]r

becon.s on.. blll above

Then. rhe advantages ollhis Rsedch &e ro enrich lhc domain oa lirerary

ftiri.nm

ii

facully

ol

l€ter

Anda16 Utrile6jty lnd Indonesia.

I

.lso want lhis

all$cchanring olcu tuft cm inlucncc pcoplc idcnt ty.

Thcrclorc, thh research done ro pull back thc problems olhybridiry

dd

:E

identiiy crisi\

lh

happcns 10

lndid

immiB.rnts in EnEland in 2()d centurt In

stnce.

rh.

imprt

olthe coloniation is nol only depicted by rhe cdloiizedlhal

rolonize p.oplc,

buttherri%l

olpcoPlc intoa

n.wplacec

nrake lnem mloniad.

-

inen idenlit] begins io haFss.

ln lhis .eselrch, I usc

7lt

,,//r.

o/grur,a

(1t90)

{riten

b)

Hadit liuEishi

6

the

object.rr

arysh.

th!

R .llho oJ S,hurhia

i\

Kneishi s

fiN

novel, \on rhe WhilbFad Fisr Novcl Alvdd and becme

d

inrenttional bcascllcr. Ihh

rrel

has been tMsl3t.d into ?0 lan8lases and was

ale

nadc into a four

pln

l@asries

by lne BBC in 1991, Rirh r soundtack by D.!id Bowic.111a Buddha

oI

!Llu.6i,

reftrrs the p6b1cm olan,biguity ol identny rmong Indiitr imnlSrants i,r

EnglMd. n conniMes the .bvious aspcch of hybrdity. TFer.nr.

(5)

L'ari'KtRi

tr

tul

BuJJhr ol

5!6r-d,,

dcpic...hc

derrirJ.-i

i.ha.

happens in two najor ch,racle6:

K&im

d Jmila. Such

e

identiry crisis occus

bsuse

or

&e

cultural mixtuE beiween lndian and Enslish cuhure. This

phenomenon lrissen lhc pmcess of mimicry md hybridity *hich particulely occur in Karim\

dd

Jamila s pesonaliries. The! are acluaut Indim by binh. bul they

sro*

up in Englisn culfure, therelo€ riey adopr doninDt vrlues Md lile$yl€ in

I ng tud. In s

ma\.'r er

r'3pped'n rhe' ontuq on adour'h!' rcai

dc

rD.

*le.le-they should be rn Englishncn o! an lndian. lt is aho happened in

rsl

liie, in which the

lndid

ibnigma

lhat slly in Engllnd experienced with the conlusing lo*zJrl

their nstionrl identity.

lt

is qused by the new culluE that they

fsed

in then ner environmenl, so il aho influencedtheft.

Thee arc various English lifestyles, especislly the negsrive lilestyles thd

conhminate lhe cultural idcntity and peMnalities ollhe main chaBcles as lollows: rlcoholics, bi$xual, clubbing, e1c. Those lil€styl6 male rhen contused abaur thcn

olisi.!icultures. elc. while, the other influence ftom !heEnglish cuhurero lndians is

in

enucation.

in

shich

rhel rre

innuchc.d

by

s@ial cndonnenl. HeE, the imnislsts thal educate in English in$itutions. They ger education md lessn fmm

Wnite psple and leam ever)dins about foeien.

Aner doins the

resmh

about the crisis of idenlity of lndian inmisEnl in

(6)

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