Unhomeliness and Hybridity in Jung's Shine: Postcolonial Study
Abstract
This Present study is used a qualitative method that prioritizes information on the novel text and interpretation it into the analysis. The data was taken from a novel entitled Shine by Jessica Jung, and several journals and books as supporting data. The focus of this study is the main character in the Shine novel, Rachel Kim. This study is about postcolonialism. Rachel Kim had experienced identity issues that occurred in her life. This research aims to describe how the identity issue occurred in Rachel. An overview of the identity issues experienced by Rachel is explained in the discussion of this article. Unhomeliness and hybridity are concepts described in the phenomena that occurred to Rachel. Unhomeliness is a sense of a person caught in two cultures. Hybridity is the strategy of colonized become the part of the colonizer. Both theories analyze the identity issues experienced by the main characters in the novel. The reference used is the theory of unhomeliness and hybridity is to use the concept of Homi. K. Bhaba. Unhomeliness analysis refers to the phenomenon of racism, discrimination, and rejection of the main character. As a result, the main character got mockery jokes and physical appearance toward her. The main character was sorrowful and upset being Korean in America. Furthermore, the analysis of hybridity described in the phenomenon Rachel wants to become a K-pop star. Along with her move from America to Korea, she also got rejected in Korea. The cause of rejection in Korea was because of her American background. Even though she got treated like that, she still struggles to achieve her dream as a K-pop star. The analysis proved the hybridity phenomenon had a relationship with the cause of Rachel's unhomeliness. The result of this study was the main character hybridized her identity. The first perceived experience phenomenon by the main character is unhomeliness and the second is hybridity. Being a K-pop star is made her proud as a Korean. As well as being a K-pop star who has Korean America would make her special in the entertainment industry. Thus, Rachel's identity is not fixed but hybridized.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
A, Jaliyah. (2016, Agustus 6) “Fetus Vernon Chwe†A, Jaliyah. https://youtu.be/z9F5VhPdhJw.
Amjad, F. A., & Albusalih, S. (2020). HYBRIDITY AND UNHOMELINESS IN FADIA FAQIR ’ S WILLOW TREES DON ’ T WEEP : ANALYTICAL STUDY IN POSTCOLONIAL DISCOURSE. 17(6), 1221–1233.
Arendt, H. (1973). The Origins of Totalitarianism.
Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., & Tiffin, H. (2013). Post-Colonial Studies_ The Key Concepts-Routledge. In Routledge.
Bertens, H. (2014). Literary Theory. In Routledge: Vol. third edit (Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/67.1.17
Bhabha, K. (2004). The Location of Culture. Notes, 440.
Brantlinger, P., & Young, R. J. C. (1996). Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race. In The American Historical Review (Vol. 101, Issue 5). https://doi.org/10.2307/2170185
Cabral,S. (2021, Maret 4). Kejahatan Kebencian Terhadap Orang Asia-Amerika di AS Meningkat: Dari Penghinaan Hingga Pembunuhan. BBC Indonesia. https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/dunia-56249817
Fajar, M. (2013). SECULARISM IN PAMUK ’ S SNOW ; A POSTCOLONIALISM STUDY. OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa Dan Sastra, 1, 1–10.
Farahbakhsh, A. (2016). Bhabha’s Notion of Unhomeliness in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe: A Postcolonial Reading. International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, 3(6), 105–112. https://doi.org/10.20431/2349-0381.0306010
Fitriana, D. M. (2015). THE POSITIONING MATTERS OF THE DOLL’S HOUSE IN POSTCOLONIALISM. English Teaching Journal, 3 No. 2, 30–37.
Huddrat, D. (2006). Homi K. Bhabha.
Jacobson, J., Hall, S., & Gay, P. Du. (1997). Questions of Cultural Identity. The British Journal of Sociology, 48(1), 153. https://doi.org/10.2307/591920
Jung, J. (2020). Shine. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=gvRgygEACAAJ
Klages, M. (2011). Literary Theory: a Guide. In T&T Clark: Continuum.
Krishna, S. (2009). Globalization and postcolonialism: Hegemony and resistance in the twenty-first century. http://books.google.co.za/books?id=ledh7FGU-PcC
Nensilianti, N., Al-Khiyyed, S. F., & Fahrir, H. T. A. (2021). Colonial Racial Ethnocentrism Towards Indigenous People in a Short Story Collection “Semua untuk Hindia†by Iksaka Banu (A Postcolonial Study). OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa Dan Sastra, 15(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.19105/ojbs.v15i1.3982
Padgate, U. (2021). Unhomed at home: A postcolonial reading of Sherman Alexie’s “The Search Engine.†3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature, 27(3), 145–158. https://doi.org/10.17576/3L-2021-2703-09
Parvaneh, F. (2015). The Notion of Unhomeliness in the Pickup: Homi Bhabha Revisited. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.7n.1p.157
Pradivta, A. N., & Lasman, D. K. (2021). Ben Jelloun’s Point of View on Racism in the Essay Le Racisme Expliqueé À Ma Fille. OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa Dan Sastra, 15(1), 162–180. https://doi.org/10.19105/ojbs.v15i1.4512
Ryan, M., Castle, G., Eagleston, R., & Broker, M. (2018). The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory (Wiley-Blackwell Encycloped.
Samsu. (2017). Metode Penelitian: Teori dan Aplikasi Penelitian, Kualitatif, Kuantiatif, Mixed Methods, serta Research and Development. In Metode Penelitian Kualitatif.
Tyson, L. (2006). Critical Theory Today_ A User-Friendly Guide.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24256/ideas.v10i1.2739
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2022 Putri Wahyuni
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright CC-BY- SA.
©DEAS: Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature. This is an open access article under the Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0)