Claiming the (n)either/(n)or of ‘third space’: (re)presenting hybrid identity and the embodiment of mixed race

Abstract

As a multiracial artist, I am interested in how people of mixed race have been represented in popular culture and how mixed race image‐makers can redress popular representation and facilitate a movement beyond the dichotomy, which seeks to reduce us to the sum of our parts. In the footsteps of Evelyn Alsultany I advocate the creation of a new cartography—a space that is inclusive and beyond existing notions of race. To this end I embarked on a project of exploration of the representation of multiracial identity, drawing from Homi K. Bhabha's Bhabha HK (1991) The Location of Culture (London, Routledge) [Google Scholar] notion of Third Space.