Essays about: "Karin Rosenqvist"

Found 1 essay containing the words Karin Rosenqvist.

  1. 1. Subalternity and Insubordination : A Postcolonial Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Karin Rosenqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Post-colonialism; Nigeria; feminism; Adichie; subaltern;

    Abstract : In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah the young female protagonist is unexpectedly thrown into a life of marginalisation when she migrates from Nigeria to the American East coast. Having grown up in Nigeria her skin colour has neither been an issue nor of consideration to her, but it soon becomes apparent that elsewhere her complexion evokes expectations and functions as a breeding ground for prejudice. READ MORE