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Performing Africa in the American Midwest: Memories of Africa in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Song of Solomon.

Authors :
Eke, Maureen
Source :
Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature; 2014, p109-123, 15p
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

A literary analysis of the novels "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison is presented. It focuses on how Morrison uses references and allusions to Africa and African cultural practices, memorialization, and history to establish a collective "Africaness," or blackness, in the American Midwest.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature
Publication Type :
Book
Accession number :
101665867