THE PATTERN OF SEVERED MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND IN TONI MORRISON’S BELOVED AND A MERCY

Authors

  • Manuela López Ramírez IES. Alto Palencia

Keywords:

myth, bond, slavery, maternity, self-definition

Abstract

In Beloved and A Mercy Toni Morrison revisits the mother-daughter plot, focusing on the feminine. She explores the female black slave’s appalling oppression through the traumatic separation of a slave mother from her daughter, which destroys the emotional ties between them and causes terrible effects on both their psyches. Morrison describes her heroines’ identity journey from “desertion” to wholeness. The black female slave’s unspeakable ordeal unveils her humanity and courage, convulsing the patriarchal slave system.

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Published

16/05/2017

How to Cite

López Ramírez, M. “THE PATTERN OF SEVERED MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND IN TONI MORRISON’S BELOVED AND A MERCY”. ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies, no. 35, May 2017, pp. 151-70, https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/730.

Issue

No. 35 (2014)

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