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RUPTURING THE GENRE: UN-WRITING SILENCE IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE'S AMERICANAH.

This paper examines Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah (2013) and it's troubling of the silencing and policing of black female migrants. Focusing on the salon/hairdressers and Ifemelu's blog, I argue that the former represents an intimate and politicized narrative space whose production and habit...

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Published in:Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies Vol. 18; pp. 101 - 124
Main Author: Ndaka, Felix Mutunga
Format: Article
Published: Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of SUNY Cortland Winter2017
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Americanah (Book : Adichie)
Black feminists
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