Demons at the Crossroad: Evaluating Hybrid Patriarchies in Postcolonial Marriage Institutions in So Long a Letter and Purple Hibiscus
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Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Choba- Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Hybridity in Post-Colonial literature connotes the creation of diverse forms within
a cultural space as a consequence of the influence of the colonizer's culture on
the indigenous. This paper examines the phenomenon of hybridity as it occurs
within the multicultural patriarchies of Post-colonial societies from the feminist
literary lens of two texts; Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter and Chimamanda
Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. The theories of Feminism and postmodemism are
employed to highlight the new directions of the discussions as the paper seeks to
highlight the hydra-headed nature of patriarchal domination as portrayed in
postcolonial literature. The study aims to contribute to the understanding of hybrid
sub-divisions of patriarchal authority in Post-Colonial marriage institutions as
represented in fiction.
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PE English, PR English literature