LEADER 03910nam 22006975 450 001 9910483112603321 005 20250610110036.0 010 $a9783030507978 010 $a3030507971 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-50797-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011645156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6423155 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-50797-8 035 $a(Perlego)3480701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29184617 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011645156 100 $a20201209d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCelebrating the 60th Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart' /$fedited by Désiré Baloubi, Christina R. Pinkston 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 205 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 311 08$a9783030507961 311 08$a3030507963 327 $a1. 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. . 330 $aThis book celebrates Chinua Achebe, one of the most profound and famous African writers of our time, and his widely read masterpiece, Things Fall Apart. The novel remains a "must read" literary text for reasons the many contributors to this book make clear in their astute readings. Their perspectives offer thought provoking and critically insightful considerations for scholars of all ages, cultures and genders. 410 0$aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 606 $aAfrican literature 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aLiterature 606 $aEthnology$zAfrica 606 $aCulture 606 $aAfrican Literature 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 606 $aLiterature 606 $aAfrican Culture 615 0$aAfrican literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aLiterature. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aAfrican Literature. 615 24$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aLiterature. 615 24$aAfrican Culture. 676 $a823 676 $a823.92 702 $aBaloubi$b De?sire? 702 $aPinkston$b Christina R. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483112603321 996 $aCelebrating the 60th anniversary of 'Things fall apart$92848362 997 $aUNINA