Gender Identity In Yaa Gyasi’s Home Going

Abstract

This article focuses on gender inequality, interconnecting with racism and rigid stereotypes as depicted in Yaa Gyasi’s novel Home Going. Characters like Ness and Sam face brutal working circumstances due to expectations of strength and anger. Effia's quotes highlight the unkindness of her father, talking gender inequality. Marjorie contends with individuality as a "black girl" in a racially multifaceted atmosphere. The novel discovers the domination of women, utilizing anatomical terms like "SEX" to highlight biological features. Gyasi consolidates masculine domination, determining patriarchy elements. The social levels through seven generations demonstrate developing complexities. Effia's complex gender identity in 18th-century Ghana and Marcus's journey over mixed-race identity and depression deliver profound understandings into the experiments of gender and belonging.