K. Zauditu-Selassie
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813033280
- eISBN:
- 9780813039060
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813033280.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, African-American Literature
This chapter examines the shortcomings of the main character in Toni Morrison's second novel Sula, particularly her negligence of African values. It analyzes archetypes and symbols that mark Sula's ...
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This chapter examines the shortcomings of the main character in Toni Morrison's second novel Sula, particularly her negligence of African values. It analyzes archetypes and symbols that mark Sula's definitions as well as her rejection of the living ancestor's presence and her departure from an understanding of African worldview. It suggests that this novel leaves readers with a formidable picture of cultural and physical death by reiterating the true powers available to African people if they listen to ancestral voices, practice their cultural traditions and accept responsibility for one another.Less
This chapter examines the shortcomings of the main character in Toni Morrison's second novel Sula, particularly her negligence of African values. It analyzes archetypes and symbols that mark Sula's definitions as well as her rejection of the living ancestor's presence and her departure from an understanding of African worldview. It suggests that this novel leaves readers with a formidable picture of cultural and physical death by reiterating the true powers available to African people if they listen to ancestral voices, practice their cultural traditions and accept responsibility for one another.
John Clarke, Wendy Brown, Allan Cochrane, Davina Cooper, Larry Grossberg, Wendy Larner, Gail Lewis, Tania Murray Li, Jeff Maskovsky, Janet Newman, Anu (Aradhana) Sharma, Paul Stubbs, and Fiona Williams
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447350972
- eISBN:
- 9781447348641
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447350972.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in ...
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The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in critical thinking before turning to thinking with and through ‘race’. From there, the conversation explores some of the dimensions and dyna mics of crisis.Less
The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in critical thinking before turning to thinking with and through ‘race’. From there, the conversation explores some of the dimensions and dyna mics of crisis.
