Black Looks and Black Acts: The Language of Toni Morrison in "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved"

by Ritashona Simpson

How does Toni Morrison use language to represent race? Answering this question through literary criticism and linguistic research, this book shows how Morrison's language reflects the souls of black folk in The Bluest Eye and Beloved. The book focuses on the way in which Morrison forces language to reveal what cannot be spoken by a black grammar. To achieve the breaking of this silence, Morrison uses rhetoric, voice, and narrative structures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820495301
• ISBN13: 9780820495309
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"