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Johnny Cash and Orange Peels: Negotiating Female Armenian American and Turkish Identities in The Bastard of Istanbul

Panel: 
Reconceptualization of National Identity in Diasporic Literature
Abstract: 

This paper argues that female ethnic identity is negotiated not determined. Exploring the fictional model of female Armenian American and Turkish identity presented by Elif Shafak in her novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, it contends the novel’s fluid concept of identity combats ultranationalism.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Joan
Last Name: 
Conwell
Institution: 
East Carolina University