Ideational representation of prostitution in Chika Unigwe's On black sisters' street
Previous studies on ChikaUnigwe's On Black Sisters' Street (OBSS henceforth) have focused mainly on the thematic concerns of the text - prostitution, sex trafficking and sex slavery, without paying considerable attention to the role of language in the projection of the phenomena. This stud...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Department of Religion and Human Relations, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univ.
[2016]
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Journal of religion and human relations
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-258 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Unigwe, Chika 1974-, Fata morgana
/ Prostitution
/ Crime victim
/ Interior monologue
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Summary: | Previous studies on ChikaUnigwe's On Black Sisters' Street (OBSS henceforth) have focused mainly on the thematic concerns of the text - prostitution, sex trafficking and sex slavery, without paying considerable attention to the role of language in the projection of the phenomena. This study critically examines ideation as a linguistic tool for inferring or retrieving the social meanings encoded in the text under study. This study also explores how the resources of language can be used in establishing social and power relations in discourse encounters and how their manifestation in literary discourse represents social experiences in real life situations. Working within the tenets of M.A.K. Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this study engages in the project of using insights from critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics to ascertain the mental and physical state of the victims of sex slavery, the attitude of their clients, and that of other powerful social actors that inhabit the creative universe of the text under consideration. |
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| ISSN: | 2006-5442 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and human relations
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