Hybridity and Ethnicity in New Orleans Literature

Hybridization is the union of two distinct races, organisms, or cultures. A hybrid is a mixed entity, and hybridity is merely the act of mixing. Hybridization is not a recent cultural or historical occurrence. It has been a characteristic of all civilizations, from the Sumerians to the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, to the present day. Both ancient and modern civilizations have borrowed foreign ideas, philosophies, and sciences through trade and conquest, creating composite cultures and societies. An ethnicity or ethnic group is a collection of individuals who identify with one another based on distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from other groups. These characteristics may include shared traditions, ancestry, language, history, society, nation, religion, or social treatment in their region of residence. New Orleans has long been an essential city in the American psyche, renowned for its rich colonial and cultural heritage. The geography of New Orleans is characterised by transnational crosscurrents and intense meteorological activity. An economically and politically strategic port city, New Orleans is a below-sea-level city that is perpetually prone to environmental catastrophe. The present paper tries to explore the hybridity and ethnicity in New Orleans Literature.