Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria

The Igbo in Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Scholarly studies on the Igbo have been scant and fragmented. Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria: The Igbo in Perspective fills an obvious gap, exploring the social, cultural,economic, political, and aesthetic traditions that distinguish the Igbo of southeasternNigeria from their neighbors. In scope, content, and analysis this book is both multi- and cross-disciplinary, focusing on the experiences and forces that have shaped the Igbo society, identity formation, and sociocultural, political, and aesthetic representations. Themes such as the importance ofIgbo names in understanding the people’s social, linguistic, religious, gender, and cultural identities, as well as the intersection of language, politics, socialization, education, and aesthetic expression in the Igbo experience in Nigeria, are interrogated in a refreshing fashion with an appreciable level of originality.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-05-20
Mått163 x 231 x 25 mm
Vikt572 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor266
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498589925

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Chapter 1: Identity and Pride in Igbo Names: A Reflection on Igbo Cultural Naming TraditionChapter 2:A Panoramic Study of Names in Igbo SocietyChapter 3: A Sociolinguistic Survey of Family Names Among the Igbo in NigeriaChapter 4: Recreationality of Igbo Onomastics: A Clog in the wheel of ProgressChapter 5: Textile and Fashion Museums: A Panacea for Sustaining the Indigenous Dress Culture in Igbo LandChapter 6: Actuality or Misogyny?: Depiction of Women in the Lyrics of Igbo Rap MusicChapter 7: Eshe, Inheritance and Endangered Community Performance for the DeadChapter 8: The Use of Computer Assisted Language Learning to develop the Igbo Language Skills among StudentsChapter 9: Dialectal Variation: Building Innovative Ideas into Cultural Method of Agriculture in Igbo CommunitiesChapter 10: Speech Act Analysis of Burial Rites: The Nsirimo Speech Community Experience Chapter 11: Of? Nd?, Ogu Nd?: Hermeneutical Investigation of the Igbo Concept of Ogu Eji Ofo Anu (just war)Chapter 12: Politics Without Bitterness: The Language Use PerspectiveChapter 13: One Nigeria: A Paradox of a Slogan in the Systemic Marginalization of the Igbo People in National Affairs, 1953-1980Chapter 14: Strategizing Igbo Values in School Curriculum in Igboland: A linguist’s Perspective

“Leveraging their expertise in the Igbo language and culture, the contributors to Politics and Identity Formation in Southeastern Nigeria enlighten the reader on the diverse sites of Igbo sociocultural and political practices. The arc of coverage encompassed history, family practices, ideology, music ideas, fashion, and lots more. This book is a rich resource for anyone interested in Igbo studies in particular, and African studies in general.”