Women at the Crossroad of Change in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story (1991)
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2021
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
This dissertation has dealt with Ama Ata Aidoo’s novel Changes: A Love Story (1991).
The purpose is to discuss women’s positions and roles in contemporary Ghanaian
society and the many complex issues that impact their lives. The main focus of this work
is on the author’s denunciation of issues such as gender, sexuality, patriarchy and
polygamy. To explore this theme and to approach texts, we have used Alice Walker’s
theory of “Womanism” in her book In Search of Our Mothers Garden’s: Womanist
Prose (1983). In the first chapter, we have dealt with the representation of women as
agents of change. Aidoo has given a new image of African women who are educated,
intelligent, audacious and powerful. In second chapter, we have dealt with women who
caught between African traditions and modernity. The dilemma of these women is that
they can’t make not only their individual choices, but also personal and professional
lives. Furthermore, in the last chapter, we have dealt with the main protagonist who
couldn’t achieve her liberation due to the many difficulties and obstacles that she has
faced in her society. To conclude, we have reached that women face difficulties to make
their own choices. They can’t achieve true freedom and happiness in their familial or
social roles either intellectually, physically or sexually
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30cm ; 44p.
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Womanism, Marital Rape, Patriarchy, Sexuality, Polygamy, Gender, African Woman, Generational Clash.
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Littérature et approche interdisciplinaire