ABSTRACT
This study examines issues that border on the marriage institution and gender complementarity in the African/Nigerian society. The genders, more especially the female gender have all of a sudden become uncomfortable with their natural roles in matrimony as they now prefer the roles of their male counterpart. This has resulted to domestic upheaval which has spread to the African/Nigerian society as such, has hampered even development in the Africa continent. This study however, takes a critical examination of this power tussle and proffers solution to this conflict by examining the advantage and positive results gender complementarity breeds in matrimony and the society at large. The study therefore, clearly explains the different but complementary roles of genders and advocates the importance of carrying out these roles efficiently. In chapter one, the power tussle is examined and the both genders are encouraged to accept their natural roles without grudges because, no gender is superior or inferior to the other but are equal, different and complementary. In chapter two, the critical works of scholars in Okoye’s Behind the Clouds and Adimora-Ezeigbo’s House of Symbols are reviewed. Chapter three covers the analysis of Behind the Clouds and chapter four, covers that of House of Symbols in relation to gender complementarity. Finally, chapter five concludes this research work as the intended message of this research is explicitly conveyed.
LIST OF CONTENTS
Pages
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgements iv
List of Contents vii
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 5
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study 5
1.4 Significance of the Study 6
1.5 Biography of the Authors 6
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study 13
1.7 Theoretical Framework 13
1.8 Methodology 18
1.9 Definition of Terms 19
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 22
CHAPTER THREE: GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY IN BEHIND
THE CLOUDS 56
3.1 Gender Complementarity in Ifeoma Okoye’s Behind the Clouds 59
3.2 Gender Complementarity: The Role of Husbandhood/Wifehood 60
3.3 Gender Complementarity: Fatherhood/Motherhood 70
CHAPTER FOUR: GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY IN HOUSE OF
SYMBOLS 77
4.1 Gender Complementarity in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s House of Symbols 77
4.2 Gender Complementarity: Husbandhood/Wifehood 78
4.3 Gender Complementarity: Fatherhood/Motherhood 90
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE 100
5.1 Summary 100
5.2 Conclusion 102
5.3 Recommendation 105
5.4 Contributions to Knowledge 105
Works Cited 107
