The Interplay of Culture/Tradition and Sociality in Postcolonial Milieu: A Textual Analysis of Buchi Emecheta‟s the Joys of Motherhood
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Norms, Culture, Homogeneity, Sociality, Complexities, Complimentary, Survival.Abstract
All over the world, societies are shaped by norms, tradition and culture. It is either individuals began to claim rights or allege others for shirking responsibilities. Inhabitants of each geographical entity adopt ways of life and governance based on their mutual homogeneity. Literature delves into people and impact of one people and place on the other. The writer is capable of collapsing the global society and bringing it to the literary stage for people to watch. Through this medium, government and governance, work and economy, culture and tradition are watched on the field of play. The writer is the „referee‟ in each of these situations. This paper intends to bring to limelight, Buchi Emecheta‟s attempts in her book: The Joys of Motherhood, the complexities in living between tradition and culture on one hand and sociality and duty on the other. As the world population consists of both masculine and feminine genders, it is discovered in Emecheta‟s postulates in the novel that each of them should be accorded due recognitions and play complimentary roles for societal survival.
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