Code-Switching, Memory and the (Im)possibility of Return in Ghada Karmi's "Return: A Palestinian Memoir"

Autor/inn/en	Hamamra, Bilal; Mayaleh, Asala
Titel	Code-Switching, Memory and the (Im)possibility of Return in Ghada Karmi's "Return: A Palestinian Memoir"
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 30 (2023) 2, S.156-167 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hamamra, Bilal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2023.2165039
Schlagwörter	Autobiographies; Authors; Code Switching (Language); Arabs; Jews; Refugees; Intergroup Relations; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Language Usage; Food; Clothing; Language Variation; History; Political Attitudes; Social Change; Hebrew; Arabic; Conflict; Land Settlement; Colonialism; Native Language; Second Languages; Personal Narratives; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Author; Autor; Autorin; Arab; Araber; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Flüchtling; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sprachgebrauch; Lebensmittel; Kleidung; Sprachenvielfalt; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sozialer Wandel; Arabisch; Konflikt; Siedlungsraum; Kolonialismus; Second language; Zweitsprache; Erlebniserzählung; Palästina
Abstract	This article examines the role of code-switching in recreating the place, Palestine, that contemporary Palestinian memoirist Ghada Karmi was expelled from by providing a close analysis of the code-switched expressions and the plurality of voices and perspectives that this linguistic and cultural phenomenon imply in her work "Return: A Palestinian Memoir." While code-switching is a feature of diasporic writings, Karmi uses many code-switched expressions related to food, clothes, honorific titles and the historical event of Nakba so as to linguistically return to Palestine. However, Karmi's engagement with Palestine from past to present, her exploration of the political transformation of Palestine and her inability to feel connected to today's Palestine raises the spectre of co-existence between Palestinians and Israelis if Palestinian refugees return physically to Palestine. This possibility of co-existence between the two warring nations is further highlighted by Karmi's use of Hebrew code-switched words, which exist alongside code-switched words related to precolonial Palestine. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01