Identity Crisis and Hybridity: A Critique on Wajahat Ali's The Domestic Crusaders

Abstract

The Domestic Crusaders by Wajahat Ali serves as the foundation for the current research project. The purpose of the present study is to determine the underlying causes of the intergenerational conflict in the drama, and in doing so, the concepts of identity crisis and hybridity are taken into consideration. Specific applications of Bhabha's cultural theory from postcolonial writers have been made. Instead of examining every aspect of this theorist's cultural theories, only a few selected theoretical concepts related to hybridity and cultural identity are examined. Similar to this, the study has focused on Muslims living in America rather       than broader postcolonial countries, and it is further limited to the work of Pakistani author Wajahat Ali. The grandparents, parents, and younger generation make up the three generations          that make up the family. The younger generation, which has half embraced Western culture and partially abandoned parental tradition, is caught between the two cultural systems, while the older generation continues to hold fast to its cultural views. They have developed a new sense   of who they are by borrowing characteristics from both their parental culture and Western civilization. As a result, they encourage a hybrid identity that combines the two cultural identities and is at odds with the former, creating a struggle.