... oppression in place. Both Bhabha and Villanueva comment on the importance of challenging authority and "questioning how natural the 'natural' actually is" (Villanueva 54). By creating a "dialectical relationship with the environment" the more knowledge the individual has and the more power one has to break away from the confines of oppression. Homi Bhabha's concept of hybridity ... ." Portraying an ambivalent attitude towards the colonial powers. Hybridization masks the true objective of colonialism through rhetoric; it reinforces the authoritative power (Bhabha 154). The study of r...

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