{"product_id":"chinua-achebe-and-the-igbo-african-world-between-fiction-fact-and-historical-representation-9781793652690","title":"Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe’s literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a unique and multifaceted view of the African world, some scholars have challenged Achebe’s representations of historical reality. Through in-depth analyses of his writing, contributors examine the interpretations Achebe imposed on African culture and history in his texts. The chapters cover Achebe’s engagement with critical issues like historical representation, gender relations, and indigenous political institutions in a changing society. Throughout, contributors present new ways for understanding Achebe's literary works and show how his work draws from African historical reality and identity while challenging Western epistemological hegemony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinua Achebe, Writing Culture, and the Politics of Representations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChima J. Korieh and Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Chinua Achebe and Igbo-African Realities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Causality in Selected Cultural Novels by Chinua Achebe: Perspectives in Igbo Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. E. Nwigwe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: (Re)Discovering the Igbo Oral Tradition in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlassane Abdoulaye Dia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Symbols and Images in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNureni Oyewole Fadare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Igbo Communal Ethos: A Reading of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart \u0026amp;Arrow of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIjeoma Nwajiaku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Things Fall Apart and Igbo Leadership: Learning and Unlearning the Lessons of Okonkwo’s Life \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. Tony Nwaezeigwe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Achebe and the Pedagogy of Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Gleanings from Arrow of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIjeoma C. Nwajiaku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Chinua Achebe and Politics of Representation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Chinua Achebe’s “‘Chi’ in Igbo Cosmology”: Revisiting a Classic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChijioke Azuawusiefe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Discourse, Imagination, and Models of Resistance: Re-reading Arrow of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIfi Amaduime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Collision of Asymmetric Civilizations—A Reading of Things Fall Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIhechukwu C. Madubuike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: (Re)Memorising Igbo Traditions in Achebe’s Arrow of God: A Psychoanalytical Study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Jummai Mustafa \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Achebe, History, and the National Question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Telling Africa’s Story: Chinua Achebe and the Power of Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChijioke Azuawusiefe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Narrativizing History: Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnwesha Das\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Achebeism and the Nigerian Leadership Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAda Uzoamaka Azodo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Chinua Achebe as a Voice of Reason on the Nigerian Crisis: A Historical Look at the Larger Picture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdigwe A. Nwaokocha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Chinua Achebe and the National Question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernard Steiner Ifekwe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042697347415,"sku":"9781793652690","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinua-achebe-and-the-igbo-african-world-between-fiction-fact-and-historical-representation-9781793652690","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}