Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Dedication vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Series Preface ix
6. Introduction: Woman Wrapper, Domesticating Masculinity and Gender Discourse 1
7. 1. Precariousness in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 42
8. 2. Orthodoxy in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus 79
9. 3. Receptivity in Jude Dibia’s Walking with Shadows 122
10. 4. Hospitality in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees 156
11. Coda: The Saliency of Ethical Relationality 190
12. Works Cited 198
13. Index 224