Debating Cultural Heritage in the Seventies: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident

• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: Eui Young Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제48집 1호, 147~176쪽, 전체 30쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2016.05.30

영문 초록

This article argues that Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident debate the issue of cultural heritage within the discursive context of the seventies. The seventies was a time dominated by the culture of narcissism as individuals retreated from public life into the narrow confines of the self. In contrast, Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville Incident suggest that individuals should acknowledge group membership and carry on cultural knowledge. Initially unwilling, both protagonists move beyond the culture of narcissism and become active performers of culture. By showing this process, Bradley and Morrison point to new grounds of antiracist struggle in the post-civil rights era.

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Dissociated and Disaffected

Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Through the Bodies of the Living

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the seventies David Bradley The Chaneysville Incident Toni Morrison Song of Solomon