THE WOMAN’S BODY AS ALTERNATIVE CANVASS OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria

2 Department of English and Philosophy, Idaho State University, United States.

Abstract

This paper examines the inscriptions of the harsh realities of the Nigerian civil war on women using a selected text, Roses and Bullets, written by the prolific author, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. One of the objectives of the study is to explore the various abuses a woman’s body is subjected to, and the role the woman plays in transforming her body from an inordinate object to a site of power, of survival and of hope. In feminist discourses, the issue of the woman’s body is relevant in the explication of texts. The paper will adopt the feminist theory of embodiment to critique the relationship of women’s bodies to Geographies. Since stories are located in time, and since time explains many important historical events like war, we carry out a textual analysis of the exploitation of the female body during the Nigerian civil war, with one of the findings being that women respond readily to healing, as they are willing to forgive, put past abusive experiences behind them, and look forward to a better future.

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Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 11 August 2021

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