The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy

In A Mercy Toni Morrison tackles the multilayered and strikingly powerful Gothic “haunted” house metaphor from a female perspective. Her revenants and hauntings are not just individual, but also historical, political and cultural manifestations. Through the Gothic dwelling, Morrison explores the fra...

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Autor: López Ramírez, Manuela
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Palavra-chave:Gothic
Haunted house
Patriarchal
Racism
American
Gótico
Casa encantada
Patriarcal
Racismo
Americano
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spelling The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A MercyLópez Ramírez, ManuelaGothicHaunted housePatriarchalRacismAmericanGóticoCasa encantadaPatriarcalRacismoAmericanoIn A Mercy Toni Morrison tackles the multilayered and strikingly powerful Gothic “haunted” house metaphor from a female perspective. Her revenants and hauntings are not just individual, but also historical, political and cultural manifestations. Through the Gothic dwelling, Morrison explores the fragmented personal and familial identities, conventional gender arrangements, failed domestic ideology, racist and colonial past, etc., in a patriarchal society dominated by whites. Her transgressive rewriting draws attention to the impact of slavery and racism and, consequently, to the othering of ethnic females, especially blacks. Morrison not only depicts the unspeakable horrors of American history, but also provides ways for its regeneration, such as women’s empowerment and their struggle for self-definition. Morrison’s revisitation of the “haunted” house formula offers an alternative female perspective on American identity and history.En A Mercy Toni Morrison aborda la poderosa y compleja metáfora de la casa gótica “encantada” desde una perspectiva femenina. Sus fantasmas no son exclusivamente individuales, sino manifestaciones históricas, políticas y culturales. Mediante la mansión gótica, Morrison analiza la fragmentada identidad personal y familiar, las convenciones de género, la fallida ideología doméstica, el pasado racista y colonial, etc., en una sociedad patriarcal dominada por blancos. Su reescritura transgresora destaca el impacto de la esclavitud y el racismo y, consecuentemente, la alterización de la mujer étnica, especialmente las negras. Morrison no sólo describe los inefables horrores góticos de la historia americana, sino que también proporciona formas de regeneración, tales como el empoderamiento de la mujer y su lucha por autodefinición. La revisitación de Morrison de la fórmula de la casa “encantada” ofrece una perspectiva femenina alternativa de la identidad e historia americanas.Universidad de Sevilla2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11441/53857reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)EspañolInglésRevista de Estudios Norteamericanos, 19, 99-113.http://institucional.us.es/revistas/estudios/19/6.L%c3%93PEZ.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/538572026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
spellingShingle The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
López Ramírez, Manuela
Gothic
Haunted house
Patriarchal
Racism
American
Gótico
Casa encantada
Patriarcal
Racismo
Americano
title_short The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
title_full The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
title_fullStr The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
title_full_unstemmed The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
title_sort The Haunted House in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Ramírez, Manuela
author López Ramírez, Manuela
author_facet López Ramírez, Manuela
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gothic
Haunted house
Patriarchal
Racism
American
Gótico
Casa encantada
Patriarcal
Racismo
Americano
topic Gothic
Haunted house
Patriarchal
Racism
American
Gótico
Casa encantada
Patriarcal
Racismo
Americano
description In A Mercy Toni Morrison tackles the multilayered and strikingly powerful Gothic “haunted” house metaphor from a female perspective. Her revenants and hauntings are not just individual, but also historical, political and cultural manifestations. Through the Gothic dwelling, Morrison explores the fragmented personal and familial identities, conventional gender arrangements, failed domestic ideology, racist and colonial past, etc., in a patriarchal society dominated by whites. Her transgressive rewriting draws attention to the impact of slavery and racism and, consequently, to the othering of ethnic females, especially blacks. Morrison not only depicts the unspeakable horrors of American history, but also provides ways for its regeneration, such as women’s empowerment and their struggle for self-definition. Morrison’s revisitation of the “haunted” house formula offers an alternative female perspective on American identity and history.
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