Different Cultures, Different Identity Constructions: An analysis of the impacts of a conservative upbringing in the novel Stir-Fry
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Identity, Stereotypes, Irish Literature, LGBTQAbstract
This paper aims at analysing the possible impacts of religion and conservative cultural standards in the novel Stir-fry (1994), written by Emma Donoghue. The story is set in rural Ireland in the early 1990s, and this study centres on how Maria Murphy, the main character, perceives her own Self as well as the society surrounding her. The analysis will focus on the different excerpts from the first two chapters of the book, in which Maria has first moved to Dublin and interacts not only with the different characters but also with a different, more modern, and fast-paced society. The goal is to examine how the strong religious background that was perpetuated in rural Ireland affects Maria’s sense of identity and what she constructs as the “Self” and the “Other”. By means of the analysis, it was possible to understand the way in which she deals with the cultural differences of a big city, in opposition to the traditional society she was raised in, and how she expresses this conservative upbringing in the face of what is “different”, more specifically by way of stereotypes as well as repression.
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