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802ac8d50d060cf36f7d64152450ff0f |
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Date |
2014-01 |
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repository |
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Is Part Of |
p20504284 |
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abstract |
The welfare of African widows has generated a significant amount of research within
the past twenty years, mainly from Nigerian scholars having an insider’s knowledge
of these practices, with female scholars often taking the lead. Recent years have
seen scholars’ concerns spill over to the public arena, with a growing number of voices
challenging long-established traditions associated with widowhood. This article briefly
surveys the development of studies on this issue, focusing on Igboland, a linguistic
and cultural area in southeastern Nigeria. It shows how these concerns have found
their way into Nollywood films, considers the evolution of storylines and explores
their links with societal trends, analyzing sixteen films produced between 1998 and
2013. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
1-2 |
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status |
peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642853 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642854 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642855 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642856 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642857 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/642858 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/659679 |
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volume |
3 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Ugochukwu, Françoise (2014). Nigerian widows on screen: Reflections on a changing
landscape. Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa (JGIDA), 3(1-2)
pp. 7–33. |
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label |
Ugochukwu, Françoise (2014). Nigerian widows on screen: Reflections on a changing
landscape. Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa (JGIDA), 3(1-2)
pp. 7–33. |
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Title |
Nigerian widows on screen: Reflections on a changing landscape |
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in dataset |
oro |