Challenging Stereotypes: The Cosmopolitan Arab Woman in Fadia Faqir’s "Willow Trees Don’t Weep"

Ayham Abu Orouq

doi:10.18172/jes.6656

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Ayham Abu Orouq University of Debrecen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.6656

Palabras clave:

personas desplazadas, diaspora, prejuicio, identidad, cosmopolitismo, empoderamiento

Resumen

Este estudio examina la novela de Fadia Faqir Los sauces no lloran poniendo el foco en los procesos que influyen en la formación de la identidad cultural de su protagonista árabe en relación con su condición de inmigrante desplazada. Utilizando el concepto del cosmopolitismo como relevante en la formación de diásporas marginadas, el análisis del texto de Faqir muestra a la protagonista, Najwa, expuesta a varios tipos de prejuicios originados en diferentes países con respecto a la construcción de estereotipos de género, culturales, sociales, religiosos, ideológicos y políticos. Estos prejuicios la empujan a llevar una existencia sin raíces que le conducen a un estado de alienación y a un sentido de no pertenencia. El análisis textual también indica que Najwa, en respuesta, desarrolla una identidad fluida y una subjetividad cosmopolita como la única forma de empoderarse ante tantas fuerzas contrarias a la idea cosmopolita que la intentan desempoderar.

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