immigrant literature key word

Question 1

the other/ otherness

Answer 1

‘Other’ is anything which is different from ourselves, we often find
otherness troubling or even threatening; indeed much racial prejudice has its origins in
this fear of the ‘Other’.

Question 2

empirialism/ empire/ colonialism

Answer 2

the consolidation of imperial power and is manifested in the settlement of territory, the
exploitation or development of resources, and the attempt to govern the indigenous
inhabitants of occupied lands, often by force.

Question 3

post colonialism

Answer 3

coming after colonialism,defined as that which critically or subversively scrutinises the colonial
relationship [and] is deeply marked by experiences of cultural exclusion and division
under empire.

Question 4

diaspora

Answer 4

The dispersion or migration of peoples or communities away from their homelands. It
was used originally

Question 5

liminality

Answer 5

The unfixed position between any two oppositional terms; the experience of being on a
threshold or a boundary; marginal; the point on the boundary, borderline or threshold of
two states – neither one thing nor another; the point of uncertainty and fluidity,

Question 6

hybridity

Answer 6

produced by combining elements from different sources. It’s a key
term when discussing postcolonial writing as one of its fundamental preoccupations is
the intermingling of cultures and traditions, the complex and symbiotic relationship
between East and West.

Question 7

indigenous

Answer 7

things or people occurring naturally in a particular place.