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- Title
Representing the Second Sex: Reading Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
- Authors
Rajasekar, R.; Kumar, C. Santhosh
- Abstract
The article examines Buchi Emecheta's novel "Second Class Citizen" in the light of Simone De Beauvior's "The Second Sex." It discusses how Emecheta used her female characters to portray and depict how women were able to endure the struggles and challenges imposed upon them in the patriarchal society. It also discusses how Emecheta projected African feminist consciousness in her writings.
- Subjects
SECOND-Class Citizen (Book); SECOND Sex, The (Book : de Beauvoir); EMECHETA, Buchi, 1944-2017; DE Beauvior, Simone; WOMEN in literature; PATRIARCHY in literature; FEMINISM in literature
- Publication
Language in India, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 11, p218
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article