2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Representation of Slavery in African American Literature and VisualArts
Project/Area Number |
22520284
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Literature in English
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Research Institution | Seinan Gakuin University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | アフリカ系アメリカ文学 / 奴隷制度の表象 / 視覚芸術 / トニ・モリスン / キャラ・ ウォーカー / トラウマ表象 / 人種表象 / ジェンダー表象 |
Research Abstract |
In an attempt to explore how African-American literature and arts of the post-memory generation have represented the historical trauma of American slavery, this study focused on Toni Morrison’s influence on Kara Walker’s visual arts, or the interaction of their imaginations, and illuminated the ways in which both artists work on the crucial issues of representing traumatized history in the contemporary world.
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