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Culture, Precepts, and Social Change in Southeastern Nigeria
Understanding the Igbo
Culture, Precepts, and Social Change in Southeastern Nigeria
Understanding the Igbo
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This book provides a unique insight into understanding the Igbo social, economic, and political world through comprehensive analyses of indigenous and foreign religious practices, issues surrounding women, literature, language, sexism in musical lyrics, films, and community development and government. It also explores thought-provoking cultural practices relating to marriage and divorce, reincarnation, naming, and masquerade dance. The themes covered in the book help readers appreciate the often-neglected multifaceted local and external forces that continue to shape the Igbo experience in southeastern Nigeria.
Table of Contents
Apollos O. Nwauwa and Ogechi E. Anyanwu
PART I: Religious Diversity and Cultural Values in Igboland
Chapter 1: Pentecostalism, Miracle and ‘Prosperity’ Gospel
Ojiako Victoria Uloma
Chapter 2: Money God-Talk: Reading Proverbs 30:7–9 in a Milieu of Opulence Religiosity
Caroline N. Mbonu
Chapter 3: Deities in Indigenous Religion: A Critical Inquiry into the Nature and the Divinity of the Devil
Anselm C. Onuorah
Chapter 4: Agbara Na Mmuo as Agents of Development in Indigenous Cosmology
George Ogbonna Mbarah
Chapter 5: Harnessing Igbo Traditional and Biblical Environmental Ethics to Confront Ecological Challenges
Ernest O. Anyacho
PART II: Women and Gender Issues in Contemporary Igbo Society
Chapter 6: Masquerade and Women Spectatorship in Akp?ha-Afikpo: The Demystified Affront
Mazi Ben Orji
Chapter 7: Contributions of Women in Governance and Community Development: A Case Study of Awka-Etiti in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State
Nkiru Christiana Ohia and Uchenna Mariestella Nzewi
Chapter 8: Inter-Female Hostility as a Cultural Behavior in Freud’s Theory of Aggression
Ujubonu J. Okide
Chapter 9: Igbo Marriage Procedure: A Panacea to Frequent Divorce and Broken Homes
Benedict N. Igbokwe
Chapter 10: Sexism in Lyrics: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Flavour’s ‘Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)’ and ‘Ada Ada’
Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka
PART III: Exploring Igbo Worldview through Literature
Chapter 11: Chinua Achebe’s Historical Novels and Igbo Value System Today: A Dialectical Discourse
Sheila I. Njemanze
Chapter 12: The Significance of Cosmic Objects in Traditional Burial Rites as Represented in African Literature
Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama, Albi-Oparaocha, and Florence Chiji
Chapter 13: Novel and Film: Tales of the Python in Two Media and Four Narratives
Okwuchukwu Otti
Chapter 14: Loan Words in Igbo Drama Texts: Implications for an Endangered Language
Adaora Anyachebelu
Chapter 15: Inscribing Women in Literary Canon: Agenda for Igbo Women Novelists
Okafor Ebele Eucharia
Product details
| Published | Oct 24 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 286 |
| ISBN | 9781498589680 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 4 b/w photos; 9 tables; |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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