Multiculturalism in Zadie Smiths "White Teeth"

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (British and Anglophone Literature and Culture), course: Survey of British Literature, language: English, abstract: In the following, this seminar paper will focus on transculturality by mainly referring to Homi K. Bhabhas "concept of hybridity and what he calls the third space" (Bentley 20008: 20) which Bhabha developed in contrast to multiculturalism (cf. Sommer 2001: 50). Furthermore, "Stuart Halls concept of new ethnicities" (Bentley 2008: 20), which deals with "the historical development of racial politics" (ibid.: 21), will be outlined. In the following character analysis, with regard to Bhabhas third space, this seminar paper will examine whether Samad Iqbal and Irie Jones are able to create such a third space or not.