| dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses hybridity in Esmeralda Santiago's Almost A Woman. This novel tells about cultural
problems experienced by Negi, the main character, as a Puerto Rican immigrant in New York, where she must
appropriate American cultures in order to be accepted by the host community. To discuss this problem, we will
apply Bhabha's postcolonial theory. Textual analysis is used to explain selected data from a postcolonial
perspective without ignoring its contextual relationship with the dynamics of immigration and diaspora. The
results of this study show that the main character must carry out hybridity as a cultural strategy to support his
modern dreams. Despite enjoying appropriately American culture, she does not forget Puerto Rican cultures.
With this strategy, the diasporic subject can negotiate its interests in the midst of the host society and the
dominant cultural power, without completely abandoning Puerto Rican culture | en_US |
