Book Requirement: Adichie, C.N (2013). Americanah (First Anchor Books Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
At least 6 page not include title and references
Introduction
In paper 2 you were introduced to ideas of feminism and gender. Transnational Feminism asks us to look at how women of color are oppressed in different ways. These differences are important to recognize because women of color and women in other parts of the world do not have access to the same privileges, as the developed western world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah examines the the way gender and race intersect, how they complicate our discussion of equality, equity, and empowerment for women. In one sense the novel asks us to avoid oversimplifying the experiences of women, as a homogeneous group with "the same experience." The novel asks us to take a step back and acknowledge the privileges that certain groups of women have that are unavailable to other groups.
Task
Construct a thesis that answers these 2 questions: how does Adichie's novel get us to re-think the relationship between race and gender?
Why is it important to acknowledge and understand these intersecting struggles of gender and race?
Related question relating to events the story to consider that will help you formulate a thesis in response to the question above.
How do the experiences and struggles of women of color differ from white women?
How do the experiences and struggles of African women differ from the experiences of African American women?
How do the experiences of Nigerian women differ from those "Americanah" women who have lived abroad?
How do these different experiences speak to different struggles of separate groups of people?
Advice: Ifemelu's blog posts get into some of the inner workings of this topic
Required Secondary Research:
You will have to do research into the historical and political context of Nigeria or Nigerian immigrants.You need to have at least one quote from both of your outside sources. This means you would have at least TWO quotes that were not from the stories.