The disparity between cultures on going back home in the dilemma of a ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo
Other Title(s)
تباين الحضارات عند العودة للوطن في "محنة الشبح”
Author
Source
Journal of Scientific Research in Arts
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 16 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.0-19, 20 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Women for Arts Science and Education
Publication Date
2015-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The paper discusses the collision which occurs when African Americans return to Africa.
Such collision reveals the racial and cultural estrangement between African Americans and Africans as a result of slavery and colonialism.
This idea is traced through Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost (1965) which portrays an African American woman, Eulalie Rush who marries the Ghanaian Ato Yawson and agrees to return with him to Ghana.
Rather than being welcomed by her African brothers, Eulalie finds herself racially and culturally rejected for being the descendant of slaves and an American respectively.
Being in this odd situation, she starts to apply the same American racist perspective regarding Africans.
Eulalie's dilemma therefore represents African Americans in general and the continuous collision between their African roots and the African American acquired perspectives.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Sharif, Huwayda Hasan Ali. 2015. The disparity between cultures on going back home in the dilemma of a ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts،Vol. 2015, no. 16, pp.0-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881909
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Sharif, Huwayda Hasan Ali. The disparity between cultures on going back home in the dilemma of a ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts No. 16 (2015), pp.0-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881909
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Sharif, Huwayda Hasan Ali. The disparity between cultures on going back home in the dilemma of a ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 16, pp.0-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881909
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 17-19
Record ID
BIM-881909