International Journal of Gender & Women's Studies

The Configuration of Gender and Identity in Nigerian Literature
Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi

Abstract
The paper argues constructively that gender and identity are integral aspects of the Nigerian literature that needs articulate attention. Tracing how literary theories influence the gender theory and the doing action, the paper uses some selected publications to delineate Judith Butler’s performativity as an instrument of gender and identity performance in Nigeria. The paper relies on Butler’s position that depicts the performance of gender on cultural disposition which opposes the biological articulation of gender on the Nigerian woman.

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