ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Universal Health Care, Canadian Identity
Document Summary
Story within a story: embedded storytelling structure. Imagined cities being more real than real cities. When does the real world give live to imagined realities: when does the real vancouver insert itself into the story of. Idea that stories help us learn about a place. Homi bhabha cultural theorist: 3rd space: what happens in between chinese-canadian. Often cannot be canadian and chinese at the same time. Influence from both sides inside the hyphen site of creativity. Different people that populate those spaces; transitional spaces. Going into the air in between india and canada: 3rd space: sarosh doesn"t think he is successful. P. 628: goes back to india double diaspora moment: feels unlatched, unhinged, the old pattern was never found by sarosh . Patterns of life are selfish and unforgiving : patterns, belonging and comfort. But certain patterns make you feel like an outlier. Squatter: people who have taken over abandoned buildings sarosh feels like a squatter in.
