ASPECTS OF FRIENDLY LOVE IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE AND SULA Cover Image

ASPECTS OF FRIENDLY LOVE IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE AND SULA
ASPECTS OF FRIENDLY LOVE IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE AND SULA

Author(s): Gordan Matas
Subject(s): American Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu
Keywords: African Americans; love; community; United States; racism; women;

Summary/Abstract: This work analyzes the concept of love among African American female friends. Their ‘friendly’ love, i.e. the strong emotional connection of female characters in both novels by Toni Morrison, was depicted as a necessary means in overcoming the racism and sexism that African American women were exposed to. Such friendships became a means of self-realization and emancipation for African American women who were subjected to repression both by white and black men.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English