“What does it mean to be a man?”: codes of black masculinity in Toni Morrison’s paradise and love
Within the debate over the representation of contemporary Black masculinity, Morrison has played a pioneering role, especially in two of her novels –Paradise (1998) and Love (2003)– where her intervention in this debate has become deeply influential due to not only her incisive portrayal of the figu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/31829 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11441/31829 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Black masculinity Patriarchy Alternative and plural masculinities African American community Masculinidad negra Patriarcado Masculinidades alternativas y plurales Comunidad afro-americana |
| Sumario: | Within the debate over the representation of contemporary Black masculinity, Morrison has played a pioneering role, especially in two of her novels –Paradise (1998) and Love (2003)– where her intervention in this debate has become deeply influential due to not only her incisive portrayal of the figure of the patriarch and the devastating effects of the institution of patriarchy on the African American family and community, but also because she has shaped “alternative masculinities,” or diverse embodiments of what it actually means to be a Black man nowadays. Morrison is bent on changing their representation by providing plural models of masculinity, which necessarily take into account other identity markers such as sexuality, class, politics, etc, in an attempt at deconstructing a monolithic or essentialist view of African American masculinity. |
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