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VOL. 2, ISSUE 5 (2017)
The symbolic blue of The Bluest Eye: Toni Morrison and marginalized African-American family in white America
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Bilal Ahmad Kuthoo
Abstract
This paper analyzes Toni Morrison’s portrayal of suffering, poverty, familial disintegration and limitations imposed on African-Americans by White domination, in her novel The Bluest Eye (1970). The White values are always a consistent psychological domination, a self-defined parameter of beauty, a norm of civilized life and an achievement in itself; every aspect of influence on Black family has been highlighted by Morrison. The fragmentation of these Black families occurs due to various reasons from violence between the family members that reciprocally affect them and from outside by White values. Life is presented to these black members of American society as fair, blond and blue which is intrinsically alien to Black race. This paper glances at The Bluest Eye (1970 and attempts to explain the marginality superimposed on Blacks in a White society and the effect it has on the Black families and individuals in general.
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Pages:518-522
How to cite this article:
Bilal Ahmad Kuthoo "The symbolic blue of <em>The Bluest Eye</em>: Toni Morrison and marginalized African-American family in white America". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 518-522
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