Postcolonial projection of the burden of a white European god in Chimamanda Adichie's purple hibiscus
Author
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Arts
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 2 للغويات و الثقافات المقارنة (31 Jul. 2022), pp.707-740, 34 p.
Publisher
Fayoum University Faculty of Arts
Publication Date
2022-07-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
34
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Postcolonial Projection of
the Burden of a White European God
In Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
Eugene Achike in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, subjects his family to extreme physical violence in the guise of discipline and religious legalism.
He repeatedly batters his pregnant wife causing her miscarriage for not going with his to visit the English priest; he lashes his wife and children with his leather belt for breaking a Eucharist fast; and he deforms his only son's hand for missing two questions in a catechism test.
Eugene ruthlessly scalds his daughter's feet with boiling water for walking into sin when she stays with his pantheist father under the same roof, and he almost kills her for hiding a picture of him.
This paper deals critically with the hypothesis that Eugene Achike is a psychopathic postcolonial mimic potentate who disdains his ethnic language, culture and faith.
The paper investigates how Eugene projects his psychological throes unto his family members for fear of not conforming to the teachings of a culture and a religious faith that belong exclusively to a racist white European colonialist god.
Key words:
Postcolonial—Projection—Nigeria—Religion—domestic violence
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Kahki, Ahmad Muhammad. 2022. Postcolonial projection of the burden of a white European god in Chimamanda Adichie's purple hibiscus. Journal of the Faculty of Arts،Vol. 14, no. 2 للغويات و الثقافات المقارنة, pp.707-740.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1394075
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Kahki, Ahmad Muhammad. Postcolonial projection of the burden of a white European god in Chimamanda Adichie's purple hibiscus. Journal of the Faculty of Arts Vol. 14, no. 2 Comparative Linguistics and Cultures (Jul. 2022), pp.707-740.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1394075
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Kahki, Ahmad Muhammad. Postcolonial projection of the burden of a white European god in Chimamanda Adichie's purple hibiscus. Journal of the Faculty of Arts. 2022. Vol. 14, no. 2 للغويات و الثقافات المقارنة, pp.707-740.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1394075
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-1394075