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INTERSECTIONAL OTHERING: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES IN SEBBAR‘S SHERAZADE AND ADICHIE‘S AMERICANAH

KESİŞİMSEL ÖTEKİLEŞTİRME: SEBBAR‘IN ŞEHRAZAT‘I VE ADICHIE'NİN AMERICANAH‘INDAKİ KESİŞİMSEL KİMLİKLERİN ANALİZİ

Leyla Adıgüzel(VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-3102-2053
Pages
217–231
Publication Date
2025-09-05
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Sebbar and Adichie provide an effective criticism of interrelated oppressions, enhancing the worldwide dialogue on intersectionality, identity, and empowerment.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article examines intersectional othering in Leila Sebbar’s Sherazade and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, exploring how race, gender, culture, and class influence the protagonists’ experiences of oppression and resistance.
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Key Findings & Data:Sebbar’s Sherazade addresses the postcolonial intricacies of cultural alienation and Orientalist conventions in France, refusing submissive portrayals while reclaiming storytelling as a means of liberty.
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⚙️Variables:Kesişimsellik · Ötekileştirme · Kimlik

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This article examines intersectional othering in Leila Sebbar’s Sherazade and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, exploring how race, gender, culture, and class influence the protagonists’ experiences of oppression and resistance. Sebbar’s Sherazade addresses the postcolonial intricacies of cultural alienation and Orientalist conventions in France, refusing submissive portrayals while reclaiming storytelling as a means of liberty. Adichie’s Ifemelu highlights institutional racism, cultural dislocation, and Eurocentric beauty standards as a Nigerian female immigrant in America, questioning assimilation and reaffirming her Nigerian identity. In both novels, ideas of hybridity and exclusion are explored, showing how colonial legacies and systemic differences affect intercultural situations today. Within this frame, the article highlights the perseverance of marginalized women in reclaiming their identities, opposing systematic marginalization, and amplifying their voices through the juxtaposition of these works. Sebbar and Adichie provide an effective criticism of interrelated oppressions, enhancing the worldwide dialogue on intersectionality, identity, and empowerment.

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Bu makale, Leila Sebbar’ın Şehrazat ve Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’nin Americanah’ındaki kesişimsel ötekileştirmeyi analiz ederek, ırk, cinsiyet, kültür ve sınıfın kahramanların baskı ve direniş deneyimlerini nasıl etkilediğini incelemektedir. Sebbar’ın Şehrazat’ı, Fransa’daki kültürel yabancılaşmanın ve Oryantalist geleneklerin postkolonyal karmaşıklıklarını ele alır ve itaatkâr tasvirleri reddederken hikâye anlatıcılığını bir özgürlük aracı olarak kullanır. Adichie’nin Ifemelu’su, kurumsal ırkçılığa, kültürel yerinden edilmeye ve Amerika’da Nijeryalı göçmen bir kadın olarak Avrupa merkezci güzellik standartlarına dikkat çeker; asimilasyonu sorgular ve Nijeryalı kimliğini yeniden onaylar. Her iki romanda da melezlik ve dışlanma fikirleri ele alınır ve sömürgeci mirasların ve sistemsel farklılıkların günümüzdeki kültürlerarası durumları nasıl etkilediği gösterilir. Bu bağlamda, makale, bu eserleri yan yana getirerek marjinalleştirilmiş kadınların kimliklerini geri kazanma, sistematik marjinalleşmeye karşı çıkma ve seslerini yükseltme konusundaki azmini vurgulamaktadır. Sebbar ve Adichie, kesişimsellik, kimlik ve güçlendirme üzerine dünya çapındaki diyaloğu geliştirerek, birbiriyle ilişkili baskılara yönelik etkili bir eleştiri sunar.

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Adıgüzel, L. (2025). INTERSECTIONAL OTHERING: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES IN SEBBAR‘S SHERAZADE AND ADICHIE‘S AMERICANAH. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Sayı: 70, 217–231. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1612300

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