Examining the Politics of Female Identity and Ethnicity in Ngugi Wa Thiong’O

The primary purpose of this paper is to attempt an ethno-gendered study of women as portrayed in two neo-colonial novels of Ngugi wa ThiongÓ. Both Petals of Blood (1977) and Devil on the Cross (1980) are socially located in post-independent Kenya; a society grappling with problems of its new-found f...

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Main Author: Paulomi Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sarat Centenary College 2018-07-01
Series:PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies
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Online Access:http://postscriptum.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pS3.iiPaulomi.pdf