Abstract
Nervous Conditions focuses on the story of the Shona family living in a patriarchal culture in Rhodesia during the postcolonial era in the 1960s. Rhodesia was a former British colony, so the legacy of colonialism and its influence is not that easy to go away. Hence, those who were colonized, or the locals experience many problems to cope with, especially women. Therefore, the study aims to examine the postcolonial issues in the novel dealing with double colonization. The objectives of the study were to describe and explain how the novel builds the themes related to postcolonialism and how the women living in patriarchy experienced oppression from male relatives as well as a colonial power. The study was done qualitatively using a content analysis method. The data were analyzed using Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism. The findings showed the story highlighted the themes of patriarchy and cultural contestation which affect the lives of the female characters. Then, the findings explained how the female characters were oppressed traditionally and colonially. Therefore, it showed how women were doubly colonized by males and Western domination. Thus, they had not been able to get full authority since they were trapped between both.
Highlights
Nervous Conditions focuses on the story of the Shona family living in a patriarchal culture in Rhodesia during the postcolonial era in the 1960s
Novel Nervous Conditions is a novel related to such issues and written by someone from Third World countries who experienced colonialism so that it belongs to a postcolonial novel.The story is quite complicated since the characterization is developed within complex social problems
By investigating the female characters throughout the story in the novel, by looking at the events, dialogues, as well as their relation to male characters, this research reveals the themes that are highlighted in Nervous Condition, namely women struggle who live in patriarchal society and cultural contestation between tradition and modernity
Summary
Nervous Conditions focuses on the story of the Shona family living in a patriarchal culture in Rhodesia during the postcolonial era in the 1960s. The findings explained how the female characters were oppressed traditionally and colonially It showed how women were doubly colonized by males and Western domination. Novel Nervous Conditions is a novel related to such issues and written by someone from Third World countries who experienced colonialism so that it belongs to a postcolonial novel.The story is quite complicated since the characterization is developed within complex social problems. It was written during the European colonization in what is Zimbabwe. The access to get education is so difficult as the priority is given to men
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