Essays about: "The Icarus Girl"

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  1. 1. "Jess-who-wasn't-Jess" : Double Consciousness and Identity Construction in Helen Oyeyemi's The Icarus Girl

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Åse Lundell; [2010]
    Keywords : Helen Oyeyemi; The Icarus Girl; double consciousness; identity construction; trauma; trauma theory; the fantastic; doppelganger; ghost; Nigeria; Britain; Western culture; West-African culture; Ere Ibeji cult; abiku; Icarus; ;

    Abstract : Abstract During the last decade many female writers of British decent have focused on identity construction and coming of age. These writers have been especially interested in exploring how people living in the diaspora are trying to cope with their ambivalent feelings towards their mixed cultural heritage. READ MORE