Constructing a matriarchal society through nego-feminism in the works of Zaynab Alkali
Women’s discrimination has been a long and nagging issue pervading both Western and African societies. Starting from the literary history of the West, covering the eras of Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Simone de Beauvoir to current feminists there have been ma...
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/84667/1/FBMK%202019%2013%20-%20ir.pdf |
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| Summary: | Women’s discrimination has been a long and nagging issue pervading both Western
and African societies. Starting from the literary history of the West, covering the eras
of Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Simone de
Beauvoir to current feminists there have been many movements that aimed to eradicate
women’s subjugation by patriarchal structures. The same problem exists in African
societies. Women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer human rights violations. Females
suffer sexual discrimination, violence, political marginalization and economic
deprivation. The objective of this research is to examine the condition and treatment
of women in the patriarchal society represented in the works of Zaynab Alkali.
Another objective is to show how Zaynab Alkali reconstructs the role of women
through negotiation in her novels. Finally, this research determined ways in which
nego-feminism can be used as a tool to bridge the gender gap that exists in the African
society in Zaynab Alkali’s novels. The methodology utilised textual analyses of
Zaynab Alkali’s novels. The analyses were carried out in relation to the tenets of negofeminism
theory and cultural theory. The findings of this study show that the
construction of a matriarchal society played a significant role in uplifting the female
characters in Zaynab Alkali’s novels. The findings also reveal that nego-feminism
could be used as a tool for bridging the gap between the sexes in the type of society
represented in Zaynab Alkali’s novels., This study succeeded in discussing feminism
historically from both Western and African perspectives and the problems with these
perspectives vis-a-vis their associated achievements. |
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