Morrison’s Black Feminist Discourse in A Mercy

Yuan Wang^*

School of Foreign Languages, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2015.311028                

Abstract

A Mercy is Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s ninth novel. As a writer and black feminist, Morrison devotes her career to give voice to the silenced, to make the unspeakable things speak and to be heard. She challenged the conventional values imposed on black women by presenting various female characters in her novels. Black women suffer from double oppression, both from gender and race. Through her writings, Morrison endowed black women ways of expressing their pains and sufferings. By releasing their painful past, they can gain their identity and subjectivity. They can finally rebuild and shape themselves. This article explores the black feminist discourse in her novel A Mercy.

Keywords

Black Feminism, Cultural Orphan, Enslavement

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

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[5]	Morrison, T. (2008) Discuses A Mercy with Lynn Neary. National Public Radio Book Tour, Bay City.
[6]	Morrison, T. (2008) A Mercy. Random House, New York.