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RACIAL COMPLEXITIES AND COLOUR DISCRIMINATION; A POSTCOLONIAL STUDY OF BERNADINE EVARISTO’S GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER

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Vashai Pamreishim Zimik1*, Dr.Gowher Ahmad Naik2
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5a.0277

Abstract

Girl, Woman, Other (2017) by Bernadine Evaristo is a postcolonial Anglo-African novel written in the freeflowing style which she herself dubbed as ‘fusion-fiction’. A polyphonic narrative depicting multiple layers of social oppression through the interconnected stories of twelve black British women, it portrays the state of colored women in contemporary Britain that examines the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. This study analyzes the fictional novel ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ through the lens of racial theory identifying the dynamics of racial complexity and colour discrimination. In the contemporary context where hybridity and fluidity of cultural and individual identities prevail, Evaristo has emerged as a cross-cultural writer who illustrates the intersectionality of layered systems of social constructs that create and locate ideologies, stereotypes, class structure, and ordering in the hierarchies of power and privilege. This paper adopts Fanon’s theoretical framework of race, racism, and colorism which analyzes the nature, causes and effects of colonization on the oppressed race, especially engaging with the black race. Fanon’s theorization arises from a fusion of historical, psychological, philosophical, and literary approaches. Postcolonial studies seeks to inform, contest, and subvert the narratives of global processes and global citizens in dominant theoretical texts by an attempt at decolonization of nation, culture, politics, and most importantly, the decolonization of the mind.

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