| dc.description.abstract | This project examines a selection of Henry Ole Kulet's writing. We consider the author's works in order to capture the possible differences in the portrayal of the images of women. Our basic assumption in this project is that the image of women in Kulet's novels is influenced by the changes in the social context from colonisation to independence. We analyse the novels Is it Possible? (1971), To Become a Man (1972), Daughter of Maa (1987) and Blossoms of the Savannah (2008), to investigates how women characters negotiate their space within the patriarchal system.
The study undertakes a close reading and analysis of both primary and secondary texts. The Feminist theory guides the study. We use Elaine Showalter, Ama Ata Aidoo, Kate Millet, and Simon de Beauvoir in our analysis. This helps define areas of women's cultural emasculation within Maasai culture. The study reveals how women have gradually transcended the patriarchal ideology and male chauvinism and how the said factors may have led to the change in the status of women. | en_US |
