When Oscar fails at being a “stereotypical Dominican”, he turns to Genre fiction to create a new identity for himself. Illustrate how this shift from one culture to another can be seen as an example of Homi Bhabha’s (theorist) mimicry and hybridity? Is Oscar losing his home culture or creating a culture of his own?

The novel presents an exotic (orientalist) view of what it means to be a Dominican male. When Oscar fails at being a “stereotypical Dominican”, he turns to Genre fiction to create a new identity for himself. Illustrate how this shift from one culture to another can be seen as an example of Homi Bhabha’s (theorist) mimicry and hybridity? Is Oscar losing his home culture or creating a culture of his own? In essence, is Oscar colonizing himself? Make sure to apply Postcolonialist terminology into your analysis.