8 - Subjectivity in Servitude: The Servant and Indigenous Family Arrangement in Written Igbo Drama
Corresponding Author(s) : Frances N. Chukwukere
Africa Development,
Vol. 30 No. 3 (2005): Africa Development: Special Issue 'All knowledge is first of all local knowledge'
Abstract
Membership into the African family may be on the basis of natural (birth) or social (marriage, adoption, apprenticeship, etc) selection. The present paper examines the roles of eleven servants in eight plays written in Igbo language by six authors. The work considers the perception of the servant by other charac ters in these works of art, the way in which each of these servants perceives him/ herself, and the roles of the servant in the development of the entire fictional enterprise. Finally, the theory of subjectivity: the conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions that largely account for the relationship between the in dividual and the society, is used in the present work to explain the authors' presentations of the servants in these dramatic works of fiction.
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- chukwukere, F. N., 2003, Nwaanyizie: Towards an Indigenous Alternative to
- Feminism in lgbo, ln Nigerian Journal of Developmental Alternatives, Maiden Edition. Forthcoming.
- Eneore, W.C., 1982, Oji !si Kote Ebu, Owerri: Longman.
- Freire, P., 1997, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Revised Edition, New York: Continuum.
- Gagnier, R., 1991, Subjectivities: A History of Self-Representation in Britain,
- -1920, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Howe, L. K., 1972, The Future of the Fami/y, New York: Touchstone. Maduekwe, J. C. 1979; 1993, Otu
- Mkpisi Aka, Owerri: Longman.
- Nwadike, 1. N., 1989, Onye Kpaa NkuAhuhu, Onitsha: Kawuriz and Manilas. Nwadike, 1. N., 1990, Omume
- Onye na-edu Ya, Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacifie.
- Nwadike, 1. N., 1992; 2000, Nwata Bulie Nna Ya Elu, Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacifie. Nwaozuzu, G. 1., 1998,
- Ajo Obi, Awka: Format.
- Okediadi, N., 2002, Jhe Onye Metere, Enugu: Unie Oriental. Onyekaonwu, G., 1982; 1991, Oku Uzu
- Daalbube, Owerri: Longman.
- Todd, E., 1989, The Explanation of Jdeology: Family Structures and Social Systems, New York: Basil
- Blackwell.
- Walker, S., 1994, Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy, London: University
- ofNebraska Press.
- Weedon, C., 1994, Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Cambridge, Mass.: Basil
- Blackwell.
- Wuthnow, R., 1976, The Consciousness Reformation, Los Angeles: University of
- Califomia Press.
References
chukwukere, F. N., 2003, Nwaanyizie: Towards an Indigenous Alternative to
Feminism in lgbo, ln Nigerian Journal of Developmental Alternatives, Maiden Edition. Forthcoming.
Eneore, W.C., 1982, Oji !si Kote Ebu, Owerri: Longman.
Freire, P., 1997, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Revised Edition, New York: Continuum.
Gagnier, R., 1991, Subjectivities: A History of Self-Representation in Britain,
-1920, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Howe, L. K., 1972, The Future of the Fami/y, New York: Touchstone. Maduekwe, J. C. 1979; 1993, Otu
Mkpisi Aka, Owerri: Longman.
Nwadike, 1. N., 1989, Onye Kpaa NkuAhuhu, Onitsha: Kawuriz and Manilas. Nwadike, 1. N., 1990, Omume
Onye na-edu Ya, Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacifie.
Nwadike, 1. N., 1992; 2000, Nwata Bulie Nna Ya Elu, Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacifie. Nwaozuzu, G. 1., 1998,
Ajo Obi, Awka: Format.
Okediadi, N., 2002, Jhe Onye Metere, Enugu: Unie Oriental. Onyekaonwu, G., 1982; 1991, Oku Uzu
Daalbube, Owerri: Longman.
Todd, E., 1989, The Explanation of Jdeology: Family Structures and Social Systems, New York: Basil
Blackwell.
Walker, S., 1994, Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy, London: University
ofNebraska Press.
Weedon, C., 1994, Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Cambridge, Mass.: Basil
Blackwell.
Wuthnow, R., 1976, The Consciousness Reformation, Los Angeles: University of
Califomia Press.