The family in crisis: an analysis of the home spaces in a selection of contemporary Nigerian novels in English

• Verfasst von: Cowin, Bettina [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The family in crisis: an analysis of the home spaces in a selection of contemporary Nigerian novels in English
• Institutionen: Universität Heidelberg [Grad-verleihende Institution]
• Verf.angabe: Bettina Cowin
• Verlagsort: Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Chennai ; Lausanne ; New York ; Oxford
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: 297 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Karte
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Sächsische Beiträge zur Literatur- und Ideengeschichte ; volume 70
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references
• Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2024
• ISBN: 978-3-631-92514-0
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Cowin, Bettina, 1953 - : The family in crisis: an analysis of the home spaces in a selection of contemporary Nigerian novels in English. - Berlin : Peter Lang, 2025. - 1 Online-Ressource (297 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 190765433X

Abstract

"To examine the nature of the home spaces described in three twenty-first-century Nigerian novels in English, a selection of spatial theories was applied. These contemporary novels all depict family life and are set in different areas of Nigeria, a postcolonial country encompassing diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa environments. Despite these regional and cultural differences, all the homes presented in the novels are concerned with families in a state of crisis. Examining these novels in their social and historical context using spatial theory, reasons for the manifest dysfunctionality of the families were considered. A further objective was to explore whether the strictly hierarchized patriarchal structures in many of the family homes correspond to similar structures on the macro-level of the country. Additionally, the aim was to examine to what extent the oppressive political and social situation of the postcolonial country as a whole percolates down into the heterogenous domestic situations of these groups"--