Analysis of the cultural, identity and social impacts of the colonialism on the representations of male and female roles in the novel "The Joys of Maternity"

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20220006

Abstract

In this article, we intend to analyze some aspects inherent to the novel “The Joys of Maternity”, by Buchi Emecheta, namely, the way in which British colonialism influences the transformation of some characters regarding their identities and the relationships between Nigerian population and society in terms of literacy, mainly that of reexistence, establishing an uprooting of their idiosyncrasies linked to tribal life in Ibuza. As a theoretical approach, Anne McClintock's concepts about European colonialism will be used in the context of decolonial readings, as well as the biases of Stuart Hall and James Paul Gee about the construction of the individual's identity. Regarding literacy, Angela B. Kleiman and Juliana A. Assis will be used to establish the sociocultural perspectives of writing in the formal and informal context permeated by reexistence.

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  • Luiz Gabriel da Silva (UFPR), Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

    Possui Graduação em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (2011) , Especialização em História e Geografia do Paraná pelas Faculdades Itecne de Cascavel (2017) e Mestrado em Ensino de História pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2018). Atualmente é doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), na linha de pesquisa Arte, Memória e Narrativa.

  • Mariana Schulmeister Kuhn (UFPR), Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

    Doctoral student in History at the Federal University of Paraná in the Art, Memory and Narrative Research line. Master in History from the State University of Ponta Grossa (2019). Degree in History from the same institution (2016).

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Published

2022-04-28

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Decolonialidades possíveis: epistemologias, teorias, experiências

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Dossiê | Special Issue | Dossier

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