This paper investigates how the novel Habibi(1997)by the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the theme of border shifting from a postmodernist perspective that deconstructs the traditional view of borders meant t...This paper investigates how the novel Habibi(1997)by the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the theme of border shifting from a postmodernist perspective that deconstructs the traditional view of borders meant to maintain exclusion and hegemony and instead considers them as being often flimsy,malleable,and changeable.Drawing upon her experience as a multifarious Arab-American writer whose father was a Palestinian immigrant and whose mother was an American,Nye tries to build bridges across political,national,cultural,and ethnic boundaries.Through a love story between the two protagonists(Liyana,whose father is a Palestinian-American and whose mother is American and Omer,whose parents are Jewish Israelis),Nye endeavors to bring about a sense of harmony and understanding between the politically,ethnically,culturally,and racially separated J home whether in reality ews and Palestinians.At the end,Liyana's family realizes they can have more than one or in imagination.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates how the novel Habibi(1997)by the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the theme of border shifting from a postmodernist perspective that deconstructs the traditional view of borders meant to maintain exclusion and hegemony and instead considers them as being often flimsy,malleable,and changeable.Drawing upon her experience as a multifarious Arab-American writer whose father was a Palestinian immigrant and whose mother was an American,Nye tries to build bridges across political,national,cultural,and ethnic boundaries.Through a love story between the two protagonists(Liyana,whose father is a Palestinian-American and whose mother is American and Omer,whose parents are Jewish Israelis),Nye endeavors to bring about a sense of harmony and understanding between the politically,ethnically,culturally,and racially separated J home whether in reality ews and Palestinians.At the end,Liyana's family realizes they can have more than one or in imagination.
