Diaspora, Identity, and Technology in selected American Novels: Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed and Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

Abstract

Because it is a melting pot of diverse ethnicities and cultures, America's story with Diaspora became an attractive topic for academic discussions. This paper seeks to position itself in the discourse by providing its own analysis and understanding of the diasporic paradigm in America and its connection with identity and technology. The study examines several ideas related to the scattering such as family and home, by critically analyzing two recent American novels: Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed (2021) and Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades (2022). To illuminate the diasporic framework and its content in both novels, the research invests on Diaspora criticism, contemporary data and literary samples. It thoroughly analyzes textual pieces of evidence from the cases of the study, an approach that gives the research its qualitative analytical nature. The present work aims to define Diaspora, and to scrutinize characters' diasporic experiences from multiple personal and professional angles. It also explores how scattering influences identity and the application of varied technologies. Therefore, it presumes that Diaspora is the dominant force in characters' lives, the molder of their identities and the conductor of their technology usages. The research reveals that diasporic journey touches many facets of characters' lives, and even complicates them. Their self-conceptions and life experiences are reflections of this complicated experience. The research sheds light on the characters' interaction with gadgets, travel tech, websites and application in relation to Diaspora. Accordingly, it contributes to the inspections about Diaspora by explaining and acknowledging its complexities, contradictions and imprints. Moreover, since it examines two 2020s literary works, it provides updated insights. By the end, the dissertation offers an inclusive definition of Diaspora and its effects by determining it as a circuitous phenomenon due to its challenging patterns.