CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ

Mati Turyel

EN TR

ISSUES OF MIMICRY AND ASSIMILATION IN CLIVE SINCLAIR’S “SMART ALECKS” AND “MY CV”

Abstract

Clive Sinclair’s story collection Lady with a Laptop deals with contemporary diasporic Jewish identity. From this story collection, “Smart Alecks” and “My CV” particularly tackle the acculturation problems of Anglo-Jewish identity through the protagonists Alex from “Smart Alecks” and Cowan from “My CV”, their attempt to purge themselves from their Jewish background and white wash themselves to be recognized only as English. To achieve that aim, the characters mime the English habits and ways of life. However, their wishes fail and they become criminals. Alex robs a safe deposit to finance his prodigal life style and Cowan kills a man. In this study it will be claimed that author Sinclair contradicts Homi Bhabha’s theory of mimicry and regards assimilation and mimicry as dead end which finalize the dreams of white washing.

Keywords

Mimicry, Assimilation, Anglo-Jewish identity, Diaspora, Diasporic identity, Acculturation

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Authors

Mati Turyel This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2010

Submission Date

June 1, 2010

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Published in Issue

Year 2010 Number: 6

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https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA

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APA

Turyel, M. (2010). CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 6, 41-49. https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA

AMA

1.Turyel M. CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ. PAUSBED. 2010;(6):41-49. https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA

Chicago

Turyel, Mati. 2010. “CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE ‘MY CV’ ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 6: 41-49. https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA.

EndNote

Turyel M (June 1, 2010) CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 6 41–49.

IEEE

[1]M. Turyel, “CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE ‘MY CV’ ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ”, PAUSBED, no. 6, pp. 41–49, June 2010, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA

ISNAD

Turyel, Mati. “CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE ‘MY CV’ ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 6 (June 1, 2010): 41-49. https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA.

JAMA

1.Turyel M. CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ. PAUSBED. 2010;:41–49.

MLA

Turyel, Mati. “CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE ‘MY CV’ ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 6, June 2010, pp. 41-49, https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA.

Vancouver

1.Mati Turyel. CLIVE SINCLAIR’IN “SMART-ALECKS” VE “MY CV” ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ. PAUSBED [Internet]. 2010 Jun. 1;(6):41-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA52WY22DA

ISSUES OF MIMICRY AND ASSIMILATION IN CLIVE SINCLAIR’S “SMART ALECKS” AND “MY CV”

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