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The Portrayal of Masculinities in a Kiswahili Novel: The Case of Nyota Ya Rehema

The Portrayal of Masculinities in a Kiswahili Novel: The Case of Nyota Ya Rehema

James Ogola Onyango, Yasin S. Musa
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781522501480|ISBN10: 1522501487|EISBN13: 9781522501497
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch028
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Onyango, James Ogola, and Yasin S. Musa. "The Portrayal of Masculinities in a Kiswahili Novel: The Case of Nyota Ya Rehema." Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences, edited by Şefika Şule Erçetin and Hüseyin Bağcı, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 388-396. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch028

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Onyango, J. O. & Musa, Y. S. (2016). The Portrayal of Masculinities in a Kiswahili Novel: The Case of Nyota Ya Rehema. In Ş. Erçetin & H. Bağcı (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences (pp. 388-396). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch028

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Onyango, James Ogola, and Yasin S. Musa. "The Portrayal of Masculinities in a Kiswahili Novel: The Case of Nyota Ya Rehema." In Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences, edited by Şefika Şule Erçetin and Hüseyin Bağcı, 388-396. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch028

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Abstract

Although the themes of fate and class struggle have been profoundly explored in the critical analyses that have been undertaken on Nyota ya Rehema, however, in Critical Discourse Analysis and Hegemonic Masculinity perspectives, the question of masculinities is no less vital. Therefore, this paper seeks to give a critical insight into varied shades of masculinity that are manifesting in Nyota ya Rehema. Focussing on relevant texts, we uncover the disproportional masculine ideological and power positions that are explicit in sexuality and socio-economic spheres such as marriage, prostitution, employment and property inheritance that depict the disadvantaged position of female characters. The exploration of masculinities in islands Kiswahili novel that has mainly focussed on class struggle may be a welcome departure.

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