Cultural Resistance In Susan Abulhawa's The Blue Between Sky And Water

Abstract

The current paper examines cultural resistance in Susan Abulhawa's The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015). It is an attempt to show how the colonisers' occupation of Palestine resulted in the deterioration of its culture and led to the shattering displacement of its people. It also reveals that the selected novel serves as both a literary act that exemplifies cultural resistance and a means of fostering the national pride of the Palestinians in their struggle against Zionist colonisers. Besides, the novel in question highlights the cultural deterioration of the Palestinians as a consequence of the disastrous arrival of the Zionist settlers and the crisis that followed. This study observes the epic history of the Palestinians and their ongoing struggle for independence. The theoretical analysis of this paper is based on the work of the postcolonial theorist Edward Said and is set within the context of postcolonial theory. The article also explores the tragic effects of colonisation, which heavily influenced the people of Palestine in the novel, leading to their marginalisation and disappointment. Eventually, this article reveals that the events and characters of the novel counteract dehumanisation and the erasure of the cultural identity of the Palestinians.