Identity Quest of a Mulatto in Rebecca Walker�s Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
Identity crisis is natural in human development, but its complexities are varied. The thesis aims at identifying the factors that underlie the identity crisis experienced by Rebecca Walker, as a daughter of a mixed-race marriage couples Alice Walker and Mel Leventhal as well as her sense of being a...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2011
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| Online Access: | https://repository.ugm.ac.id/90108/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=52341 |
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| Institution: | Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| Summary: | Identity crisis is natural in human development, but its complexities are varied. The
thesis aims at identifying the factors that underlie the identity crisis experienced by
Rebecca Walker, as a daughter of a mixed-race marriage couples Alice Walker and Mel
Leventhal as well as her sense of being a shifting self, the impacts of identity crisis she
experienced, and the ways she used to cope with her identity crisis. The study adopts
interdisciplinary approaches and theories in the perspective of American Studies. These
approaches, history and psycho-sociology, are applied in addition to literary approach to
get closer understanding of identity crisis experienced by a mulatto in America. The study
adopts library study on the primary sources, such as the autobiography itself, books,
journals dealing with the topic and also secondary sources, including references from the
internet. Data obtained are analyzed in analytical-descriptive method, by which all the data
obtained are analyzed and presented descriptively.
The research shows that the factors underlying the identity crisis experienced by
Rebecca Walker are latent panics she encountered during her early stages of development
over her confusion of not fitting into either world, black and white. She copes with the
crisis by repressing her parts of identity that is not suitable with the society she lives in.
This makes her obsessed to have role models whom she can imitate and identify with. This
urge leads her to enter the love stage prematurely and causes her to be involved in
delinquency behaviors and also free sex that made her pregnant. Finally, through an
identification with a friend of hers, Rebecca finds her identity by accepting herself and be
true to herself. |
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