Research Article

IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY

Number: 29 April 30, 2025
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IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY

Abstract

The waves of immigration that surged after World War II, particularly from formerly colonized countries, have significantly transformed cities like London. This transformation has resulted in a multicultural landscape marked by diverse identities. Immigrant communities faced numerous challenges, including discrimination based on race, religion, and color. Adapting to a new cultural setting has also led to complex issues such as integration, identity crises, and the concepts of hybridity and multiculturalism. In Zadie Smith's On Beauty (2005), the hybridization of characters arises naturally from their experiences of integration, oppression, and a sense of being "in-between." These experiences highlight the tension between their inherited values and the discriminatory attitudes of the host country. The study explores the factors that influence identity formation within multicultural societies. It will demonstrate how miscommunication across races, genders, classes, and generations complicates life. This disconnection leaves young people without role models, prompting them to seek their identities, roots, and place in society. Ultimately, the chaos in people's lives stems from the gap between their lived experiences and prevailing ideologies. The study focuses on the issues of mimicry experienced by the colonized and the cultural inferiority imposed upon them by their colonizers. The study also examines how the colonizers distort the culture and identity of immigrants, which leads to a corrupt understanding of their roots and sense of self.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

April 28, 2025

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 5, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 29

APA
Aldemir, N. (2025). IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 29, 427-439. https://doi.org/10.29029/busbed.1634249
AMA
1.Aldemir N. IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;(29):427-439. doi:10.29029/busbed.1634249
Chicago
Aldemir, Nimetullah. 2025. “IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 29: 427-39. https://doi.org/10.29029/busbed.1634249.
EndNote
Aldemir N (April 1, 2025) IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 29 427–439.
IEEE
[1]N. Aldemir, “IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY”, Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 29, pp. 427–439, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.29029/busbed.1634249.
ISNAD
Aldemir, Nimetullah. “IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 29 (April 1, 2025): 427-439. https://doi.org/10.29029/busbed.1634249.
JAMA
1.Aldemir N. IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025;:427–439.
MLA
Aldemir, Nimetullah. “IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 29, Apr. 2025, pp. 427-39, doi:10.29029/busbed.1634249.
Vancouver
1.Nimetullah Aldemir. IN-BETWEEN RESILIENCE OF SELF: CHAOS WITHIN/WITHOUT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2025 Apr. 1;(29):427-39. doi:10.29029/busbed.1634249

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