@article{Elyasi_2022, title={Assilation and Resistance in Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album}, volume={7}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.75.29}, DOI={10.22161/ijels.75.29}, abstractNote={<jats:p>In the present study, Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album was analyzed in the view of Bhabha’s concepts of ambivalence, assimilation, hybridity, double-consciousness, and homeliness. Shahid, a Pakistani student, constructs a hybrid identity and symbolically marries a widow lecturer who teaches postcolonial literature. On the contrary to Shahid’s views, Riaz’s group is a fundamental Islamic aggregation in 1980s London devoted to anti-racist activities while take part in book-burning and violent actions. As Bhabha theories about hybrid identity, it seems that Shahid’s assimilation into the host mainstream culture and developing a hybrid identity enfeebles colonial and imperial power more than Riaz’s group and their violent resistance against imperial power.</jats:p>}, number={5}, journal={International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences}, publisher={AI Publications}, author={Elyasi, Faramarz}, year={2022}, pages={180–187} }