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Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction: Receptivity and Gender examines the depictions of men, women and masculinities in Nigerian novels by Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jude Dibia and Chinelo Okparanta. It shows how these writers contest cultural models of manhood and womanhood by portraying characters who articulate openness towards the marginalised and stigmatised in society, thus challenging hegemonic gender and sexual norms. Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike employs receptivity as a theoretical and relational lens to analyse how these writers depict characters who identify with the suffering of others and those living in precarious conditions. This book centres ethics as a crucial element in redefinitions of masculinity. It emphasises the need to appreciate the full humanity of another, especially those the dominant culture usually discriminates against and renders abject in society.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Woman Wrapper, Domesticating Masculinity and Gender Discourse
Chapter One: Precariousness in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Chapter Two: Orthodoxy in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
Chapter Three: Receptivity in Jude Dibia's Walking with Shadows
Chapter Four: Hospitality in Chinelo Okparanta's Under the Udala Trees
Conclusion: The Saliency of Ethical Relationality
Works Cited
Index
