Home away from Home: Imageability and Way finding in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck
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Stefanova Radoulska, Svetlana
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Stefanova, S. (2023). Home away from Home: Imageability and Way finding in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck. ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies, (44), 11–34. https://doi.org/10.24197/ersjes.44.2023.11-34Tipo de Ítem:
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This essay explores the process of orientation in migratory space in three of the twelve stories that make up Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s collection The Thing around Your Neck— “Imitation,” “On Monday of Last Week,” and “The Thing around Your Neck”—from the perspective of Kevin Lynch’s theory of wayfinding, developed in his work on urban spaces The Image of the City. The analysis of how gender and class affect the female protagonists’ conceptualization of home is based on Lynch’s notion of imageability. The metaphorical extension of the concepts of imageability and wayfinding aims to grasp migrants’ psychological and emotional experiences of orientation. Taking as a point of reference three highly imageable objects—masks, mirrors, and letters—the study of the protagonists’ wayfinding in America reveals the tension between reality and imagination in the creation of mental images of home. In her recognition of the potential of female agency, Adichie draws a parallel between the protagonists’ reorientation in the exilic space and their reorientation in their intimate relationships.
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Este artículo explora el proceso de orientación en el espacio exílico en tres de las doce historias que componen la colección de cuentos cortos The Thing around Your Neck de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—“Imitation,” “On Monday of Last Week” y “The Thing around Your Neck”—desde la perspectiva de la teoría de la orientación de Kevin Lynch, desarrollada en su trabajo sobre los espacios urbanos The Image of the City. El análisis de cómo las dimensiones de género y clase afectan la conceptualización del hogar de las protagonistas se basa en la noción de imaginabilidad de Lynch. La extensión metafórica de los conceptos de imaginabilidad y orientación tiene como objetivo captar las experiencias psicológicas y emocionales de orientación de los migrantes. Tomando como punto de referencia tres objetos que se caracterizan por su imaginabilidad—máscaras, espejos y cartas—el estudio de la orientación de las protagonistas en América revela la tensión entre la realidad y la imaginación en la creación de imágenes mentales del hogar. En su reconocimiento del potencial de la agencia femenina, Adichie muestra el paralelismo entre la reorientación de las protagonistas en el espacio del exilio y su reorientación en sus relaciones íntimas.
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