Cultural identity and the transnation in Mokae and Ndlela's stories

Rodwell Makombe (Università di Fort Hare)

Abstract

L’emergere di comunità e culture migranti mette in crisi il modello essenzialista della identità culturale vista come limitata e definita dai confini degli stati nazionali. Questo articolo si pone come obiettivo di discutere e decostruire l’utopia essenzialista delle identità nazionali costituite dopo la fine della colonizzazione nel mondo post-coloniale in genere e in modo particolare nel Sud Africa del post-apartheid. Si auspica che il concetto di identità venga liberato dalla nozione di confine nazionale per dare spazio a transnazioni e transculture. Lo studio si basa sulle storie di Ndela e Mokae che, pubblicate nell’antologia At the rendezvous of victory and other stories (1999), hanno icasticamente presentato il “problema dell’immigrato” nel Sud Africa del post-apartheid e nel resto del mondo post-coloniale.

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