Hide to survive: the complicity of silence

Authors

  • Francisca Zuleide Duarte de Souza Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i23.85048

Keywords:

honest dissimulation, nigerian literature

Abstract

This paper analyzes the novel Purple Hibisc (2011), by the nigerian write Chimamanda NGozi Adich. We intend to discuss the expedition adopted by subaltern characters engendered through literatures produced under the impact of colonization process as a survival strategy in the face of domination and  silencing systems imposes by authoritarian regimes.

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Published

2013-06-29

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2013): Literatura e marxismo

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Copyright (c) 2013 Francisca Zuleide Duarte de Souza

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SOUZA, Francisca Zuleide Duarte de. Hide to survive: the complicity of silence. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 14, n. 1, p. 100–108, 2013. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i23.85048. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/85048. Acesso em: 12 feb. 2026.