Andalas International Journal of Socio-Humanities
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026)

Migration, Hybridity, and Identity in Salman Rushdie’s In the South

Pratiwi, Dyani Prades (Unknown)
Hawa, Andina Meutia (Unknown)
Iman, Diah Tyahaya (Unknown)
Nurhayati, Nurhayati (Unknown)
Ferdinal, Ferdinal (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 May 2026

Abstract

Globalization has made migration a social phenomenon, with many people treating it as a life option without realizing the consequences. As a reflection of life, literature, especially migrant literature, can serve as a valuable source for studying this phenomenon. Salman Rushdie, a writer of migrant literature, raises the topic of migration in his work In the South. This study aims to examine how migration produces hybridity, liminality, and identity instability in the characters of the story. This study uses qualitative textual analysis of a literary work using Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of hybridity in analyzing the data. The study's results reveal that the characters in the story exist in an in-between space where identities are fluid, unstable, and continually reconstructed through cultural blending in new environments. The cultural blending that occurs during the migration process causes several impacts on the identities of these characters, all of which lead to the formation of a new identity. The hybrid characters in the story emerge as a source of tension, highlighting the complexities of migrant experience.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

aijosh

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Andalas International Journal of Socio-Humanities (AIJOSH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It invites original articles on various issues within marginal life in ...