the marginalised and oppressed in our and former societies, particularly
those subject to sexism or racism, for example:
Example 9.5
From ‘The City and The Body (Smith 2001, p. 173)
Almost all the textual fragments refer to either the body or the city, or
both, in medieval, modern and future times—but there is no unified body
or city which permeates the whole piece. What we see is parts rather than
wholes, glimpses and snatches rather than complete entities. The piece in
its full version moves between disparate times, places and forms of society:
shifting between Kuwait, Siberia, Greece and England. Consequently, the
generic mix reflects and transmits cultural hybridity between diverse eth-
nicities, sexualities and perspectives. This relationship between generic
mix and cultural hybridity is one that can be seen in a number of authors
such as Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (2001).
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