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Definers and Defined. A study of the portrayal of black masculinity in the characters and communities in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise
Hansen, Marita (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-04)This thesis utilises the novels Beloved and Paradise by Toni Morrison with the purpose of examining her portrayal of black masculinity within a historical and social context, particularly in view of how and when race is complicated by gender and vice versa. It utilises a close reading of both individual characters and the communities that surround them based on Judith Butler’s theory of gender ...