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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Library binding. Paper over boards. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Social Issues in Literature. Audience: Young adult. LCCN 2009048147 Type of material Book Main title Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart / Louise Hawker, book editor. Published/Created Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, c2010. Description 161 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780737746501 (hardcover) 0737746505 (hardcover) 9780737746518 (pbk. ) 0737746513 (pbk. ) LC classification PR9387.9. A3 T523975 2010 Related names Hawker, Louise. Contents Ch. 1: Background on Chinua Achebe. The life of Chinua Achebe / G.D. Killam; Chinua Achebe's philosophy of fiction / Jerome Brooks, interviewing Chinua Achebe; Achebe feels a special commitment as an African writer / Romanus Okey Muoneke--Ch. 2: Things Fall Apart and colonialism. Okonkwo's actions foreshadow colonialism's impact on traditional values / Christopher Heywood; Okonkwo's loss of identity parallels the experience of colonized Africans / Ifeoma Onyemelukwe; Language conveys male Africans' and colonists' power / Ada Uzoamaka Azodo; Women play a key role in the community depicted in Things Fall Apart / Linda Strong-Leek; Achebe does not idealize precolonial and postcolonial Igbo society / G.D. Killam; Igbo and European cultures clash; Willene P. Taylor; Okonkwo's tragedy is not due to colonialism / Umelo Ojinmah; The white man redeemed Igbo society / Romanus Okey Muoneke; Three distinct endings present a layered approach to the colonized experience / Richard Begam--Ch. 3: Contemporary perspectives on colonialism. Foreign aid is a twentyfirst-century form of colonialism / John A. Burton; The one laptop per child project is a form of colonialism / Stanley Douglas Stych; Norfolk Islanders resist colonization by Australia / Kathy Marks; French revisionists attempted to defend colonialism in Africa / Julio Godoy; The first woman elected president in Africa is called a neocolonialist / Kuumba Chi Nia; The United Nations wants to force liberation on unwilling colonies / Ian Mather. LC Subjects Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart. Colonies in literature. Imperialism in literature. Nigeria--In literature. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) and index. Series Social issues in literature Dewey class no. 823/.914 Geographic area code f-nr---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn317921829
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