<b>Black women’s ‘two-ness’ in african-american literature: can black and white worlds join together?</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.4767

  • José Endoença Martins UNIANDRADE
Palavras-chave: assimilationist, nationalist, catalyst, black world, white world

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The article discusses how black women keep contacts with both black and white worlds in novels written by African-American female writers. In Toni Morrison’s (1970) The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove keeps contact with the white world through her assimilationist behavior; in Alice Walker’s (1982) The Color Purple, Celie freezes herself in the black world by playing the role of the nationalist Negro; finally, in Lorraine Hansberry’s (1987) A Raisin in the Sun, Mama Younger joins black and white worlds together when she develops a catalyst agenda, as she moves to a white neighborhood.

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José Endoença Martins, UNIANDRADE
Atualmente é do Centro Universitário Campos Andrade. Tem experiência na área de Letras. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: communicative materials. Currículo Lattes
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2009-11-24
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Martins, J. E. (2009). <b>Black women’s ‘two-ness’ in african-american literature: can black and white worlds join together?</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.4767. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 32(1), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.4767
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