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- Title
REDEFINING BEAUTY IN TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE.
- Authors
Vimalan, A.; Subbiah, S.
- Abstract
Physical beauty, the major determiner of love and respect that one receives, is set mostly according to the ruling class standards. The whites, who once conquered the whole world, set the beauty standards in line with their convenience. White coloured, blue eyed, yellow haired, rosy lipped girls and women are considered beauty princess and queens, whereas the black girls and women, however cute they are, are treated with hostility. Toni Morrison, the only African American Noble prize winner, highlights how the poor black women are ill-treated in the hands of the ruling Whites. Especially, her first novel The Bluest Eye deals with the humiliations and hostilities faced by the poor black girl, Pecola. It narrates how the young girl is attacked from all the sides, due to her supposed ugliness.
- Subjects
MORRISON, Toni, 1931-2019; BLUEST Eye, The (Book : Morrison); AFRICAN Americans; HUMILIATION; UGLINESS
- Publication
Literary Endeavour, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 4, p150
- ISSN
0976-299X
- Publication type
Article