Perchard Adam - An Analysis Of Toni Morrison's Playing In The Dark Whiteness And The Literary Imagination - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is a seminal piece of literary criticism and a masterclass in the critical thinking skill of interpretation. Interpretation plays a vital role in critical thinking: it focuses on interrogating accepted meanings and laying down clear definitions on which a strong argument can be built. Both history and literary history in the US have frequently revolved around understanding how Americans define themselves and each other and Morrison's work seeks to investigate question and redefine one of the central concepts in American history and American literary history: color. Morrison turned to the classics of American literature to ask how authors had chosen to define the terms black and white. Instead of accepting traditional interpretations of these works Morrison examined the way in which whiteness defines itself through blackness and vice versa. Black bondage and the myths of black inferiority and savagery she showed allowed white America to indulge its own defining myths viewing itself as free civilized and innocent. A classic of subtle and incisive interpretation Playing in the Dark shows just how crucial and how complex simple - looking definitions can be.
Title: An Analysis Of Toni Morrison's Playing In The Dark Whiteness And The Literary Imagination
Author(s): Perchard Adam
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912128914
Pages: 112 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Regional Geography