{"product_id":"9780878311798","title":"Women in Chains: : Abandonment in love relationships in the fiction of selected West African writers","description":"WOMEN IN CHAINS: \u003cbr\u003eAbandonment in love relationships in the fiction of selected West African writers by Rose Ure Mezu\u003cp\u003eFrancophone and Anglophone feminist and gynandrist novelists have dramatized the cause of wronged womanhood and the dehumanizing and patriarchal conditions under which the African woman is forced to function, often abandoned after explanation.\u003cbr\u003e Education and economic autonomy become avenues for survival for the oppressed woman. This sometimes creates harmony that sustains companionate union. The study encourages women to exercise the WILL TO CHANGE and transcend those negative strictures (polygamy, barrenness, infidelity) that destabilize homes and promote abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTITLE PAGE ........................................................ 3\u003cbr\u003eDEDICATION ............................................................. 15\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................... 16\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD................................................................ 18\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................. 20 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003e Women in Chains: The Universal Canvas..................21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11\u003cbr\u003e Infertility: Catalyst for Self Discovery ..................... 74\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 111\u003cbr\u003e Polygamy and Abandonment .................................120\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1V\u003cbr\u003e Infidelity, Incest and Abandonment....................... 167\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e Feminist Awareness and the Abandoned Female .. 218\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Will to Change ............................ 267\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................... 289 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePOSTFACE\u003cbr\u003eWomen in Chians: A Review by Prof. Peter I. Okeh ......... 294\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Academy Press Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49893855494384,"sku":"9780878311798","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780878311798","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}