Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise
'This article intends to explore and expose through the analysis of Morrison's Paradise how the Afro American female writers [re]construct the potential of Afro American ecriture feminine to seek the true freedom and empowerment of black women by appealing them to 'write-through bodies'. To achieve this purpose, this article articulates its theoretical agenda, through the exploration of the work of the outstanding, widely acknowledged award-winning, English speaking Afro American female writer: Toni Morrison. Though it aims to highlight the significance and contribution of the Afro American female novelists towards broadening the frontiers of 'ecriture feminine', it does not aim to offer the generalized history of women writing in Afro American literature. It seeks to propose alternative ways of informed analysis, grounded in discourse and Feminist theories, to evaluate Toni Morrison's contribution to 'ecriture feminine'.
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(1) Mumtaz Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Fatima Saleem
Lecturer, Debarment of English, National University of Modern Languages, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ali Usman Saleem
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, M., Saleem, F., & Saleem, A. U. (2020). Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise. Global Social Sciences Review, V(IV), 60-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).07
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Fatima Saleem, and Ali Usman Saleem. 2020. "Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise." Global Social Sciences Review, V (IV): 60-66 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).07
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HARVARD : AHMAD, M., SALEEM, F. & SALEEM, A. U. 2020. Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 60-66.
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MHRA : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Fatima Saleem, and Ali Usman Saleem. 2020. "Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 60-66
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MLA : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Fatima Saleem, and Ali Usman Saleem. "Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise." Global Social Sciences Review, V.IV (2020): 60-66 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Saleem, Fatima, and Saleem, Ali Usman (2020), "Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise", Global Social Sciences Review, V (IV), 60-66
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Fatima Saleem, and Ali Usman Saleem. "Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. IV (2020): 60-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).07