Patricia Hill Collins’ Black Feminine Identity in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

The present study is going to read Toni Morrison’s Beloved in the light of Patricia Hill Collins’ notions of “matrix of domination” and “controlling images” to see how the novel produces resisting Black discourse. This study argues that these notions can be discussed through Morrison’s attempts at s...

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Published inJournal of African American studies (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 586 - 595
Main Authors Ghasemi, Parvin, Heidari, Samira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2020
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
African American authors
African American literature
African American scholars
American literature
Blacks
Collins, Patricia Hill
Criticism and interpretation
Gender identity
Morrison, Toni
Morrison, Toni (1931-2019)
Novels
Political Science
Race identity
Regional and Cultural Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology
Storytelling
United States
African American literature
Controlling images
Matrix of domination
Storytelling
Black feminism
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Summary:The present study is going to read Toni Morrison’s Beloved in the light of Patricia Hill Collins’ notions of “matrix of domination” and “controlling images” to see how the novel produces resisting Black discourse. This study argues that these notions can be discussed through Morrison’s attempts at storytelling within the novel, resulting in the creation of a distinctive identity. The significance of this study lies in its use of a new approach, that of Collins’ notions, to the novel. In the beginning, an introductory note on Morrison and Collins is presented. This is followed by a survey of theoretical background on Collins’ ideas. Then, the questions of identity and storytelling are explored in the novel. Finally, the concluding notes are presented.
ISSN:1559-1646
1936-4741
DOI:10.1007/s12111-020-09503-5