Toni Morrison and the Idea of Africa
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521885043
ISBN-13
9780521885041
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2008
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
538 grams
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16.10 x 23.60 x 2.30 cms
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La Vinia Jennings uncovers and interprets the African themes, images and cultural resonances in Morrison's fiction. This important contribution to Morrison studies will be of great interest to scholars of African-American literature.
Toni Morrison's fiction has been read as a contribution to and critique of Western civilization and Christianity. La Vinia Jennings reveals the fundamental role African traditional religious symbols play in her work. Based on extensive research into West African religions and philosophy, Jennings uncovers and interprets the African themes, images and cultural resonances in Morrison's fiction. She shows how symbols brought to the Americas by West African slaves are used by Morrison in her landscapes, interior spaces, and the bodies of her characters. Jennings's analysis of these symbols shows how a West African collective worldview informs both Morrison's work, and contemporary African-American life and culture. This important contribution to Morrison studies will be of great interest to scholars of African-American literature.
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