Marginalized Femininity In A Masculinized World:
Date
2012-03
Authors
Ohwovoriole, F.E.
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Abstract
Female subjugation is evident in every stratum of the human society. In politics,
religious settings, workplace and business organization, women suffer a great deal
of unhappiness and subjugation. Female subjugation is also a major theme in
literature. Marginalisation refers to a state or condition of deprivation resulting
from differential power relations, reflecting a great deal of cultural disadvantage in
terms of social opportunities. Patriarchal patterns of culture are also to be found in
the three most favoured religions in Africa, Christianity, Islam and African
traditional religion. Female marginalisation and masculine violence against
women include sexual violence, emotional an-d psychological abuse, sex
trafficking, forced prostitution, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and other
harmful traditional practices. In the light of this observation, this study
interrogates two novels, Amma Darkos' (1995) Beyond the Horizon and Akachi
Adimora-Ezeigbo's (2008). Trafficked. The central characters in the texts, Mara
and Nneoma recall how they are physically, sexually and emotionally tortured by
their traffickers. These portrayals of events show how they are introduced to life
abuses and exploitation of different forms. Both novels depict how poverty is a
major cause of victims f vulnerability to human trafficking. The texts capture in
detail the plight of African women taken to Europe for international sex, trade. The
study is viewed from the perspective of female trafficking as a phenomenon that is
not only generating a lot of concern globally but has been represented in literature
especially the novel.
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Staff Publication
Keywords
Femininity , Marginalisation
Citation
Ohwovoriole,F. (2012) Marginalized Femininity In A Masculinized World: Amma Darko's Beyond The Horizon And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's Trafficked.International Journal of the Feminist/Womanist Theorists Vol. 4, p. 213 - 229.