2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Politics of Motherhood in Toni Morrison's Novels
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20720083
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Sugiyama Jogakuen University |
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Principal Investigator |
TODA Yukiko Sugiyama Jogakuen University, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (40367636)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | アメリカ文学 / 黒人女性文学 / トニ・モリスン / 母性 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research examined the politics of motherhood in Toni Morrison's fiction from a historical perspective, taking into consideration the abundant motherhood discourse produced during 19^<th> century America including the concept of "Republican motherhood," and the historical relationship between black women and the mainstream motherhood ideology. Contemporary black literary works produced after the civil rights movement and feminism movement have attempted to introduce a definition of motherhood distinctive to African American women. At the same time, however, authors such as Toni Morrison uses the mainstream motherhood ideology when dealing with delicate issues such as interracial violence under slavery, both to reveal and criticize the existing gender and racial problems in the American society today.
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