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Dualism and Cultural Hybridity in Rudyard Kiplings Kim - Identity Crisis or Political Propaganda? Where does a Cultura

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491_9783639004953

Dualism and Cultural Hybridity in Rudyard Kiplings Kim - Identity Crisis or Political Propaganda? Where does a Cultura

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KS OmniScriptum Publishing

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491_9783639004953

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Cultural hybrids like Kim often have trouble with identifying himself with either the blood or the culture. Located in the colonial context, Kipling is often defined as a patriot who glorifies the British Empire in the way he represents Indian cultures in the eyes of the colonizer. However, in Kim, it seems that there are more complexities in the protagonists swings among India, Lama, and the Secret Agent as well as his spiritual quest with Teshoo Lama. The binary opposition of the colonizer and the colonized has been subtly switched with Kims multiple role-playings. If read merely as a political propaganda, a cultural hybrid like Kim would never be as appealing as what is seen a cultural stereotype to us today...

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