Liminality, hybridity and ‘Third Space:’ Bessie Head’s A question of power

Moosavinia, Sayyed Rahim; Hosseini, Sayyede Maryam

doi:10.1007/s11059-017-0387-8

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“…Un/learning often takes place in between communities, identities or spaces. The inbetween space, community or iden tity is regularly considered a positive, trans formative and empowering place, akin to what has been called a position or space of resistance (Riches 2011;Clark 2011), a "transformative space" (Prior and Cusack 2008), a "space of their own" (Frenkel and Wasserman 2022) or a "third space" (Moosavinia and Hosseini 2018). However, interstitial spaces can also be spaces of exposure, vulnerability and violence, which becomes explicit in Karen Turner's (2019) study on female converts to Islam in Australia.…”

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Gendered and Embodied Un/learning among Women Disengaging from Faith in the UK and Finland

Van den Brandt,

Rantala

2024

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Women often embody the central values and practices of their religious tradition. When they leave their community, women find a part of the “religious tapestry” remaining with them long after their disengagement. In this article, we draw from research in the UK and Finland to explore women’s efforts to unlearn parts of their former religious belonging. We draw on in total thirty-five interviews with women who disengaged from the Mormon Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Conservative Laestadianism. We conceptualize un/learning as a multi-layered process consisting of both un-learning and re-learning. We explore women’s narratives about negotiating bodily limits, conduct and belonging, and understand these as suggesting experiences of a threefold un/learning: gendered, spatial-social and epistemic. We argue that examining gendered and embodied un/learning helps to understand women’s disengagement processes from minority Christian traditions in Western and Northern European secularized contexts such as the UK and Finland.

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Section: Approaching Gendered and Embodied Un/learningmentioning

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Gendered and Embodied Un/learning among Women Disengaging from Faith in the UK and Finland

Van den Brandt,

Rantala

2024

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“…He kept repeating that he could not assist on that matter because he believed his duty was to serve these men of significance and not to develop opinions on such matters. The thirdspace "blurs the limitations of existing boundaries and calls into question the established categories of culture and identity" (Moosavinia and Hosseini, 2017), so Stevens starts asking questions and understands reality. His ability to openly express emotion was his first step in resolving repressed emotions; when Miss Kenton hints about a probable life they might have had together, Stevens admits, "Indeed-why should I not admit it?-at that moment, my heart was breaking" (Ishiguro, 1989, p. 251).…”

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Integrating Oldenburg’s concept of place and Soja’s concept of space: a spatial enquiry of denial, repression, and closure in Ishiguro’s “The Remains of the Day”

Maran

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Spatial enquiry in literature has opened new doors for understanding the relationship between physical and mental space. This paper analyses how an individual’s sense of space can influence their understanding of themselves and others. This study identifies the similarities between Ray Oldenburg’s concept of place and Edward Soja’s concept of space. Moreover, it integrates both theories by locating Oldenburg’s triad of place (home, workplace, and third place) as a part of Soja’s concept of real space (firstspace). The lack of discernibility between home and workspace exerts itself in protagonist Stevens’ obsession with his profession. This paper also examines how disorientation in the trifold conception of place causes Stevens to be an emotionally and spatially repressed character. The study elaborates on the role of third place and thirdspace. It also analyses Steven’s six-day journey into the countryside as an introspective journey into his past. This study aims to find how social interactions in the third place have helped Stevens unlearn and relearn hegemonically influenced ideologies on duty and dignity. Further, it helps Stevens resolve his denial and repression, properly channelling the flow of spatial energy. This study also identifies thirdspace as a transformative space that helps Stevens find closure and accept his regretful past.

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Liminality, hybridity and ‘Third Space:’ Bessie Head’s A question of power

Cited by 2 publications

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Gendered and Embodied Un/learning among Women Disengaging from Faith in the UK and Finland

Gendered and Embodied Un/learning among Women Disengaging from Faith in the UK and Finland

Integrating Oldenburg’s concept of place and Soja’s concept of space: a spatial enquiry of denial, repression, and closure in Ishiguro’s “The Remains of the Day”

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