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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'

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Title/Author:	Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'/ edited by Désiré Baloubi, Christina R. Pinkston.
other author:	Baloubi, Désiré.
Description:	XIX, 205 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	African literature. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50797-8
ISBN:	9783030507978

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'[electronic resource] /edited by Désiré Baloubi, Christina R. Pinkston. - 1st ed. 2021. - XIX, 205 p.online resource. - African Histories and Modernities,2634-5781. - African Histories and Modernities,.

1. Chapter One: Memories of Chinua Achebe at the University of Texas at Austin -- 2. Chapter Two: From the Boundaries of Storytelling to the History of a People -- 3. Chapter Three: Language Alternation Strategy: An In-depth Appraisal of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart -- 4. Chapter Four: My English, My Literature: Owning our African Englishes and Literatures -- 5. Chapter Five: Linguistic Pragmatism versus Linguistic Imperialism -- 5. Chapter Six: The Role of Women in Things Fall Apart -- 7. Chapter Seven: Manhood in Things Fall Apart -- 8. Chapter Eight: Utilizing Cosmic Feminism and Critical Organic Writing (COW) to Deconstruct Female Oppression: A Connection with Women in Things Fall Apart. - 9. Chapter Nine: Encouraging American Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Teach African Languages and Cultures -- 10. Chapter Ten: Intercultural Connections: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in Swahili Classrooms -- 11. Chapter Eleven: Studying Chinua Achebe in American Schools: A Means to an End or an End in Itself? -- 12. Chapter Twelve: Religious Violent Extremism: Lessons from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart -- 13. Chapter Thirteen: Turning the Tides for African Literary Criticism: Achebe’s An Image of Africa as a Founding Text of Africana Studies -- 14. Chapter Fourteen: Chinua Achebe and Joseph Conrad: Irreconcilable Differences? -- 15. Chapter Fifteen: Things Fall Apart and the Modern African Hero. .

This book celebrates Chinua Achebe, one of the most profound and famous African writers of our time, and his widely read masterpiece, Things Fall Apart. The novel remains a “must read” literary text for reasons the many contributors to this book make clear in their astute readings. Their perspectives offer thought provoking and critically insightful considerations for scholars of all ages, cultures and genders.

ISBN: 9783030507978

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-50797-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

935238
African literature.

LC Class. No.: PL8009.5-8014

Dewey Class. No.: 809.6

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