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CLIVE SINCLAIR'IN "SMART-ALECKS" VE "MY CV" ADLI ESERLERİNDE TAKLİT VE ASİMİLASYON PROBLEMLERİ

ISSUES OF MIMICRY AND ASSIMILATION IN CLIVE SINCLAIR'S "SMART ALECKS" AND"MYCV"

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  • Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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  • 2010

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Clive Sinclair's story collection Lady with a Laptop deals with contemporary diasporic Jewish identity. From this story collection, "Smart Alecks" and "My CV" particularly tackle the acculturation problems of Anglo-Jewish identity through the protagonists Alex from "Smart Alecks" and Cowan from "My CV" their attempt to purge themselves from their Jewish background and white wash themselves to be recognized only as English. To achieve that aim, the characters mime the English habits and ways of life. However, their wishes fail and they become criminals. Alex robs a safe deposit to finance his prodigal life style and Cowan kills a man. In this study it will be claimed that author Sinclair contradicts Homi Bhabha's theory of mimicry and regards assimilation and mimicry as dead end which finalize the dreams of white washing.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Clive Sinclair'ın Lady with a Laptop adlı yapıtı günümüz diasporik Yahudi kimliğini ele alan bir hikâye derlemesidir. Bu eserde yer alan "Smart Alecks" ve "My CV" adlı hikâyeler, İngiliz-Yahudi kimliğinin özellikle uyum sorunsallarını ele almaktadır. Bu iki hikâyenin ana karakterleri "Smart Alecks"den Alex ve "My CV"den Cowan, Yahudi kimliklerine dair izleri silerek Anglosakson, Hiristiyan ve İngiliz hayat tarzını taklit ederek asimile olmaya çalışırlar. Ancak her ikisinin de bu istekleri başarısızlığa uğrar ve birer suçluya dönüşürler. Alex müsrif yaşam tarzına para bulmak amacıyla bir güvenlik şirketini soyar; Cowan ise bir insanı öldürür. Bu makalede yazar Sinclair'in, Homi Bhabha'nın taklit naziresiyle çatıştığı ve burada ele alınan eserlerinde taklit ederek topluma uyum sağlama çabasının başarısız bir asimilasyon girişimi olduğu ve kişileri çıkmaz bir yola soktuğu tezi üzerinde durulacaktır.
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