Assignment 206- MOTHERHOOD VS INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY: The Erasure of Self in Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
MOTHERHOOD VS INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY: The Erasure of Self in Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood Personal Details Name: Smruti Jitubhai Vadher Batch: M.A. Semester-4 (2024-26) Roll No.: 28 Enrollment no.: 5108240034 E-mail address: vadhersmruti@gmail.com Assignment Details Paper: 206 African Literature Paper code: 22413 Subject: MOTHERHOOD VS INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY: The Erasure of Self in Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood Date of Submission : March 30, 2026 Submitted to: Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 2.1 Simone de Beauvoir and Woman as 'Other' 2.2 Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Third World Women 2.3 Florence Stratton and the African Maternal Myth 3. Contextual Analysis: The Forces of Erasure 3.1 Igbo Cultural Expectations ...