<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie argues in her 2009 collection of short stories that in as much as brutal dictatorship together with extreme underdevelopment propel young Nigerians for immigration, inaccurate and often scandalizing media portrayal also has nonetheless an important share in the sad drama. Her drama proposes way of circumventing cultural reification caused by inaccurate media representation.</p></abstract>

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie argues in her 2009 collection of short stories that in as much as brutal dictatorship together with extreme underdevelopment propel young Nigerians for immigration, inaccurate and often scandalizing media portrayal also has nonetheless an important share in the sad drama. Her drama proposes way of circumventing cultural reification caused by inaccurate media representation.

Circumventing Cultural Reification: A Study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’S the Thing Around Your Neck

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie argues in her 2009 collection of short stories that in as much as brutal dictatorship together with extreme underdevelopment propel...

Circumventing Cultural Reification: A Study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’S the Thing Around Your Neck

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 215 - 225

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0025

Keywords
cultural reification, dictatorship, immigration, underdevelopment

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Circumventing Cultural Reification: A Study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’S the Thing Around Your Neck

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 215 - 225

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0025

Keywordscultural reification, dictatorship, immigration, underdevelopment

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cultural reification, dictatorship, immigration, underdevelopment