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				First published: November 1, 2023 - Last updated: November 1, 2023
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			Author: Heather Hewett
			
 Title: Theorizing "Toxic" Masculinity across Cultures and Nations
 
 Subtitle: The Case of Achebe's Things Fall Apart
 
 In: #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Violence and Rape Culture
 
 Edited by: Mary K. Holland and Heather Hewett
 
 Place: New York, NY
 
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
 
 Year: 2021
 
 Pages: 259-274
 
 ISBN-13: 9781501372742 (hardback) - 
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 Language: English
 
 Keywords: 
				Modern History: 
					19th Century, 
					20th Century | 
				African History: 
					Nigerian History | 
				Society: 
					Rape Culture; 
						Teaching History; 
				Research: 
					Education / 
						Teaching History; 
				Representations: 
					Literary Texts / 
						Chinua Achebe
 
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			Author:
				Heather Hewett, 
					Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 
					State University of New York at New Paltz - 
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					Academia.edu, 
					Humanities Commons
			
 Abstract: 
				»Heather Hewett charts how her students' accusations of "toxic masculinity" prompted her to rethink teaching Things Fall Apart, adding feminist pedagogy and contextual information about African masculinities to traditional postcolonial and antiracist approaches.« 
				(Source: Hewett, Heather, et al.»Introduction: Literary Studies as Literary Activism.« #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Violence and Rape Culture. Edited Mary K. Holland et al. New York 2021: 12.)
 
 Contents:
 
			
			
			|  | Existing Approaches to Teaching Things Fall Apart (p. 261) |  
			|  | Theorizing Gender and Violence in the Classroom (p. 264) |  
			|  | Understanding African Masculinities (p. 267) |  
			|  | What about Toxic Masculinity? (p. 270) |  
			|  | Notes (p. 271) |  
			|  | Works Cited (p. 272) |  Wikipedia: 
				History of Africa: 
					History of Nigeria | 
				Literature: 
					Nigerian literature / 
						Chinua Achebe, 
						Things Fall Apart | 
				Sex and the law
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