Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2020.
| Hovedforfatter: | |
|---|---|
| Andre forfattere: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Sprog: | en_US |
| Udgivet: |
Brac University
2021
|
| Fag: | |
| Online adgang: | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/14419 |
| id |
10361-14419 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
10361-144192021-05-23T21:01:24Z Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved Tasnim, Sumaiya Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad Khair, Masnoon Department of English and Humanities, Brac University Racial identity loss Systemic racism Colourism Internalized racism Racial hegemony Sexual assault Incest Paedophilia Postmodern consciousness Womanism Black Identity Development (BID) This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2020. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-55). This thesis aims to focus on the amalgamated effect of internalized racial identity loss and sexual violence manifested as a power tool in order to control the African American community on The Bluest Eye and Beloved; two of the most brilliant works of Toni Morrison. The purpose is to shed light upon the concept of generational trauma inherited by the characters and passed on to their children fabricating new forms of oppression such as cultural hegemony, colourism and internalized sexual malice, that the community is furthermore burdened upon within, ultimately making them the “Other” of a society. Additionally, it will also discuss the result of sexual violence regardless of gender and the unspoken trauma that is evidently normalized or hidden ultimately creating double objectification of the African American community. This argument will be further studied through the lens of the womanism and psychoanalytical theories. Therefore, this thesis will convey how Toni Morrison created a hybrid form of post-modern consciousness on the bilateral effect of sexual barbarity and racial identity loss that occurs heavily within the African American community throughout generations, in defiance of historical timeline differences. Sumaiya Tasnim B.A. in English 2021-05-23T06:36:02Z 2021-05-23T06:36:02Z 2020 2020-09 Thesis ID: 16103013 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/14419 en_US Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 55 pages application/pdf Brac University |
| institution |
Brac University |
| collection |
Institutional Repository |
| language |
en_US |
| topic |
Racial identity loss Systemic racism Colourism Internalized racism Racial hegemony Sexual assault Incest Paedophilia Postmodern consciousness Womanism Black Identity Development (BID) |
| spellingShingle |
Racial identity loss Systemic racism Colourism Internalized racism Racial hegemony Sexual assault Incest Paedophilia Postmodern consciousness Womanism Black Identity Development (BID) Tasnim, Sumaiya Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| description |
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2020. |
| author2 |
Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad |
| author_facet |
Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad Tasnim, Sumaiya |
| format |
Thesis |
| author |
Tasnim, Sumaiya |
| author_sort |
Tasnim, Sumaiya |
| title |
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| title_short |
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| title_full |
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| title_fullStr |
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved |
| title_sort |
depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: analysing the racial degradation in toni morrison’s the bluest eye and beloved |
| publisher |
Brac University |
| publishDate |
2021 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/14419 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT tasnimsumaiya depictionofidentitydisorientationandsexualbarbarityanalysingtheracialdegradationintonimorrisonsthebluesteyeandbeloved |
| _version_ |
1814309425477844992 |