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"PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY A critical examination of the engaging voice and multiple stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on war, feminism, art, ideology, hair, complex human identities and the challenges of multicultural existence. Easily the leading and most engaging voice of her era and generation, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has bridged gaps and introduced new motifs and narrative varieties which have energized contemporary African fiction since her first novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003). With Half of a Yellow Sun (2007) and The Thing Around Your Neck - Short Stories (2009), she established herself as a preeminent story-teller. Americanah (2013), with ingenious craftsmanship addresses the sensitive themes of passionate love, independence, freedom and moral responsibility with extravagant and versatile narrative innovations. Through her writings, she has made herself relevantto people of all ages - across racial and linguistic boundaries. Her talks, blogs, musings on social media, essays and commentaries, workshop-mentoring for budding young writers, lecture circuit discourses, all enrich her imaginative creativity as they expand and define her mission as a writer. ""We Should All be Feminists"" she proclaimed in an essay, giving feminism a ""tweak and twist"" and suggesting new outlooks in literary theory. Her contributions to African, Diasporic and World literatures deserve serious analyses, commentaries and interpretations, and this Companion to her work critically examines her creative outputs from her art and ideology, from feminism to war, to matters of myth and perception, and the challenges of multicultural existence and complex human identities. Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA."

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Author:   Ernest N. Emenyonu (Author) ,  Carol Ijeoma Njoku ,  Chikwendu PK Anyanwu ,  Cristina Cruz-Gutiérrez
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.582kg
ISBN:  

9781847011633

ISBN 10:   1847011632
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   21 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction - Ernest N. Emenyonu Narrating the Past: Orality, History & the Production of Knowledge in the Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Louisa Uchum Egbunike Deconstructing Binary Oppositions of Gender in Purple Hibiscus: A Review of Religious/Traditional Superiority & Silence - Janet N. Ndula Adichie & the West African Voice: A Focus on Women & Power in Purple Hibiscus - Jane Duran Reconstructing Motherhood: A Mutative Reality in Purple Hibiscus - Iniobong I. Uko Ritualized Abuse in Purple Hibiscus - Edgar Fred Nabutanyi Dining Room & Kitchen: Food-Related Spaces & their Interfaces with the Female Body in Purple Hibiscus - Jessica C. Hume The Paradox of Vulnerability: The Child Voice in Purple Hibiscus - Oluwole Coker ""Fragile Negotiations"": Olanna's Melancholia in Half of a Yellow Sun - Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo The Biafran War & the Evolution of Domestic Space in Half of a Yellow Sun - Janice Spleth Corruption in Post-Independence Politics: Half of a Yellow Sun as a Reflection of A Man of the People - Chikwendu PK Anyanwu Contrasting Gender Roles in Male-Crafted Fiction with Half of a Yellow Sun - Carol Ijeoma Njoku ""A Kind of Paradise"": Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Claim to Agency, Responsibility & Writing - Silvana Carotenuto Dislocation, Cultural Memory & Transcultural Identity in Select Short Stories from The Thing Around Your Neck - Maitrayee Misra Dislocation, Cultural Memory & Transcultural Identity in Select Short Stories from The Thing Around Your Neck - Manish Shrivastava ""Reverse Appropriations"" & Transplantation in Americanah - Gichingiri Ndigirigi Revisiting Double Consciousness & Relocating the Self in Americanah - Rose A. Sackeyfio Americanah: A Migrant Bildungsroman - Mary Jane Androne ""Hairitage"" Matters: Transitioning & the Third Wave Hair Movement in ""Hair"", ""Imitation"" & Americanah - Cristina Cruz-Gutiérrez Appendix: The Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie"

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It powerfully illustrates the creative complexity and bold humanity of Adichie's fiction... A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie represents a vital milestone in the literary scholarship of this most widely-cited and intriguing of 21st-century authors. * AFRICA IN WORDS *

Author Information

Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). LOUISA UCHUM EGBUNIKE is Associate Professor in African and Caribbean Literature, Durham University). She has been guest lecturer to institutions including Wellesley College, The University of the West Indies and The University of Bremen. She has published in journals including African Literature Today and Matatu and has chapters published in edited books including A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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