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The Male Child Syndrome in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Fiction
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zanou, Laure Clemence Capo-Chichi Gbaguidi, Clestin Kpavod, Hubert |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | In many African societies, one of the criteria to measure a woman‟s worth is her ability to bear children. The society expects from any married woman offspring. Because “a childless marriage is not a family” (Ayisi, 1980, p.15). If a woman fails in fulfilling that societal demand, she is ridiculed, abused, stigmatised, victimized and endures all sorts of humiliation. African societies are too demanding vis -àvis the woman when it comes to motherhood and child bearing. And one thing is to bear children but another thing is to s쳮d in bearing male children. This belief perpetuated over generations is sustained by patriarchy, a system which promotes the domination of men and boys over women and girls. |
| Starting Page | 22 |
| Ending Page | 30 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.20431/2347-3134.0611004 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijsell/v6-i11/4.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
