| dc.description.abstract | T
he
Bride
Price
is
a
nove
l
wr
it
ten
b
y
B
uc
hi
E
mec
he
ta
f
rom
Nige
ria
.
This
re
se
a
rc
h
is
foc
us
e
d
on
th
e
pe
r
c
e
pti
on
of
a
binar
y
opposi
ti
on
be
twe
e
n
mod
e
rnit
y
a
nd
tr
a
dit
ion
(the
moder
n
a
nd
tra
di
ti
on
a
l
wa
y
of
t
hinki
ng
)
in
Af
ri
c
a
n
so
c
iet
y
a
s
a
re
fle
c
ti
on
throu
g
h
the
no
ve
l
of
T
he
Bride
Pric
e
.
T
he
main
f
e
male
a
nd
male
c
ha
r
a
c
te
r
s
re
pr
e
s
e
nt
the
pe
ople
in
1950s
unti
l
1970s
who
a
re
e
x
posed
to
the
ne
w
dis
c
ourse
a
nd
tend to r
e
j
e
c
t t
he
A
fr
ic
a
n
tra
dit
ional c
ult
ur
e
, be
c
a
u
se
of the
ir e
du
c
a
ti
on.
The
re
a
re
thre
e
pr
o
blems to
discuss
in
thi
s
re
se
a
rc
h
.
The
fir
st
is
the
mod
e
rn
a
nd
tra
dit
ional
thoug
hts
in
T
he
Bride
Price
nove
l,
the
wor
ld
view
'
s
c
onst
ruc
ti
on
in
T
he
Bride
Price
,
a
nd
the
last
is
the
socia
l
struc
tur
e
whic
h
pr
e
va
il
s
in
Ni
g
e
ria
n
socia
l
c
lass
that
make
s
them
ha
ve
the
wor
ld
view
.
F
ur
th
e
rmor
e
,
in
e
x
a
mi
ning
the
re
se
a
r
c
h,
I
use
qua
li
tative
re
se
a
r
c
h
method
a
nd
qua
li
tative
da
ta
to
a
na
l
y
se
a
nd
id
e
nti
f
y
thi
s
re
se
a
rc
h
.
Th
e
da
ta is
wr
it
ten
in t
he
r
e
se
a
rc
h
a
s quo
tations
This
re
se
a
rc
h
us
e
s
g
e
n
e
ti
c
struc
tur
a
li
sm
theor
y
.
A
ppl
y
in
g
Goldmann
the
o
r
y
o
f
g
e
n
e
ti
c
struc
tura
li
sm,
I
a
na
l
y
s
e
the
wor
ld
view
of
the
wr
it
e
r
a
nd
Nig
e
ria
n
socia
l
struc
ture
.
The
r
e
for
e
,
ther
e
a
re
some
re
sult
s
of
thi
s
thesis
using
g
e
ne
ti
c
stru
c
tura
li
sm,
I
br
e
a
k
the
a
n
a
l
y
sis
of
the
binar
y
opposi
ti
on
be
twe
e
n
moder
n
a
nd
tra
dit
ion
a
l
thoug
hts
in
the
nove
l,
the
wor
ld
vi
e
w
of
the
wr
it
e
r
throug
h
the
fe
male
main
c
ha
r
a
c
te
r’
s
wa
y
o
f
thi
nking
, a
nd soc
ial
c
ult
ur
a
l
conditi
on
in Nig
e
ria
i
n
1950s un
ti
l
1970s
.
K
e
yw
or
d
s:
M
od
e
r
n
ity
,
T
r
ad
ition
,
G
e
n
e
tic
S
t
r
u
c
turalism
,
Nig
e
r
ia
n
S
oc
ia
l
Cons
tr
u
c
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