The hybrid identity of Fatima Daas: from foreignness to agency
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https://doi.org/10.7203/HYBRIDA.4.24025Keywords:
Fatima Daas, self-fiction, religion, homosexuality, agency
Abstract
The narrative of La Petite dernière by Fatima Daas is uttered by a narrator grappling with her dual Franco-Algerian culture and the discovery of her homosexuality. In this article, my objective is to analyze how in-betweenness—spatial, linguistic and communal—shapes the narrator’s identity. By weaving together the notions of foreignness and hybridity, I will focus on the narrator’s personal geography, her daily travels as well as the journey to her country of origin, and on the inner conflict derived from a confrontation between the Muslim religion and the homosexuality. My hypothesis is that the refusal to single out one of her identities apparently irreconcilable can be read as a sign of agency, even an actual ethical posture: in Fatima Daas’ writing, what is outlined is a relational conception of autonomy.
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Claire David, Université de Tours
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