According to Oxford Reference cultural identity is, “The definition of groups or individuals (by themselves or others) in terms of cultural or subcultural categories (including ethnicity, nationality, language, religion, and gender).” The idea of how cultural identity is formed is explored by the Haitian-American novelist, Edwidge Danticat in her book the Farming of Bones which tells the story of Amabelle Desir, a Haitian-born woman living in the Dominican Republic and the horrors that she faces…
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