Friday, October 23, 2015

Week 6 - Cultural Identity and Diaspora - Jimmy Tran



Jimmy Tran
Caroline Kieu Linh Valverde
ASA114
23 October 2015
       In “Cultural Identity and Diaspora” by Stuart Hall, the article does a good job of talking about how the black subject is at the center of attention. Additionally, a new type of diaspora exist because of the other forms of visual representation of the new subjects such as Afro – Caribbean and Asian that came from the West. This is being questioned because it has to do with the issue of cultural identity. The ethnicity of Black and Asian are not the same but somehow  the cultural identity between the two are related somehow. Cultural identity helps identify the common history of the people and how it shapes that specific group of people. This is related to culture because the past is the key to the present. This means that culture today is reflected upon the experiences that happened in the past. 

Since cultural practices and forms of representation have the black subject at their centre, how does it put the issue of cultural identity in question? Why does black subject causes controversy within the cultural identity aspect?

Works Cited

Hall, Stuart. "Cultural Identity and Diaspora." Colonial Discourse and Post-colonial Theories: a Reader. ED. Patrick Williams and Chrisman. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf. 1994. 392-401 Print.

"Bilingual Kids Rock." Bilingual Kids Rock. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015.

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