Which concept describes the mixing of cultural signs to create something new, often viewed by Homi Bhabha as a form of resistance?
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Correct answer: Hybridity
Hybridity challenges the 'purity' of colonial identity. By mixing elements of the colonial and the indigenous, the colonized subject creates a new identity that subverts the colonizer’s claim to an original, superior culture.
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