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Title:Hagher and Women: A Gendered Excursion into Aishatu and Antipeople
Author:Evwierhoma, Mabel I.
Year:2002
Periodical:Humanities Review Journal
Volume:2
Issue:1
Pages:22-29
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:women
literature
drama
Architecture and the Arts
Literature, Mass Media and the Press
Women's Issues
About person:Iyorwuese Harry Hagher (1949-)ISNI
Abstract:Recent Nigerian drama of ideological concerns bring to the fore issues of women-centredness. Plays by male and female playwrights often delimit themes that portray the strengths and weaknesses of women in texts. Iyorwuese Hagher made his entrance into the Nigerian theatre scene many years ago. This means his focus in his dramaturgy is an all-embracing one, where the ideology of women-centredness is concerned. His plays 'Aishatu' and 'Antipeople' (1987) reveal identity themes that are engendered. His gendering of playtexts is not a recent phenomenon. The women in both plays are women of flesh and blood or real women encountered everyday on the streets. They are not imaginary women, rather we experience them in interpersonal relations that leave them dispossesed of the initial strengths and the opportunities they had. Therefore, in this paper the author evolves a gender stance as a reading woman. Bibliogr., online sum. [Journal abstract]
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