• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
    • English
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
    • English
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature

    Thumbnail
    View/ Open
    Sinclair_ecu_0600M_10825.pdf (560.8Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Sinclair, Tara Jernigan
    Abstract
    The disempowerment of women involves factors that influence every aspect of their lives, birthing deep oppression, victimization, and sometimes violence. Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt explores two Muslim women whose victimization occurs in contrasting situations but with similar results. It is their newfound friendship that brings hope to their oppression. Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi lifts the veil on an often stereotyped religion by articulating the thoughts and exposing the lives of Muslim women living in a harem. With the encouragement of her mother, Fatima determines to overcome all odds. Colonization's impact is evident in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions. Tambu longs to take full advantage of an education offered to her by her assimilated uncle. Her cousin Nyasha, in contrast, remains confused and suffocated by her hybridity. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie portrays disempowerment to the extreme through young Kambili as she struggles to discover her own identity under the weight of colonial mimicry in Purple Hibiscus. Surprisingly, being allowed to spend time with her aunt becomes Kambili's saving grace. The thesis concludes by exploring the notion that all women have a story to share, and it is through each story that empowerment is made possible.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4086
    Subject
     Women's studies; Culture; Disempowerment; Oppression; Patriarchy; Religion; Tradition; Pillars of salt; Dreams of trespass; Nervous conditions (Dangarembga); Purple hibiscus 
    Date
    2012
    Citation:
    APA:
    Sinclair, Tara Jernigan. (January 2012). Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4086.)

    Display/Hide MLA, Chicago and APA citation formats.

    MLA:
    Sinclair, Tara Jernigan. Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2012. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4086. August 10, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Sinclair, Tara Jernigan, “Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2012).
    AMA:
    Sinclair, Tara Jernigan. Beyond Their Control : The Disempowerment of Women in Middle Eastern and African Literature [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2012.
    Collections
    • English
    • Master's Theses
    Publisher
    East Carolina University

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback